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No new hot spots in Napa Valley, Sonoma Valley wildfire status greatly improved – Updated 8:28 a.m. PDT 10/17/18

If you are not seeing 2 maps, please refresh your cache No new hot spots in Napa Valley, Sonoma Valley wildfire status greatly improved. Above, an updated map from the National Wildfire Coordinating Group which has significant differences from the one, below, taken about 3 hours earlier. Maps are updated every 12 hours. Click here […]

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Nuns Surpasses Atlas as largest active fire. Firefight focused on protecting Kenwood, Oakmont & Rutherford/Oakville area (Updated 8:27 a.m., Oct 17).

See previous coverage here: N. Calif wine country wildfire situation expected to intensify as wind picks up. Fires continue to grow; Red Flag Warning Tonight + Today’s current fire maps and status updates – Updated 6:26 am PDT 10/13/17 Fire pushes into City of Sonoma’s NE corner driven by Red Flag winds. Containment advances on […]

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Satellite data show Kenwood/Sugarloaf/Rutherford hot spots remain as stubborn threats

Above, an updated map from the National Wildfire Coordinating Group. Right-click image to enlarge. Click here for the interactive version. Right-click maps to view larger images.

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Satellite data shows Kenwood, Sugarloaf, Rutherford main foci as Nuns fire spreads over the Mayacamas

Satellite data shows Kenwood, Sugarloaf, Rutherford main foci as Nuns fire spreads over the Mayacamas

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Truck driver hauling water to firefighters killed – Newest fires strike Sugarloaf area, Rutherford as Nuns Complex spreads over the Mayacamas. Sonoma City battle eases – Updated 8:19 a.m. PDT 10/16/17

BREAKING NEWS – 8:32 a.m. – CAL FIRE PIO said that a truck driver hauling water to firefighters was killed in Napa County when he lost control of his vehicle and crashed off the side of the Oakville Grade abut 2 miles west of Highway 29. No further details are available at this time.   […]

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Favorable winds make for progress in wine country fires fights but Nuns Complex flares in Kenwood & City of Sonoma. Death toll hits state record. Updated 9:11 a.m. PDT 10/15/17

This is a continuation of  several lengthy articles we have been updating since Sunday, Oct. 8, and which are now archived. Those articles can be found here: N. Calif wine country wildfire situation expected to intensify as wind picks up. Fires continue to grow; Red Flag Warning Tonight + Today’s current fire maps and status […]

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Fire pushes into City of Sonoma’s NE corner driven by Red Flag winds. Containment advances on other fires. Death toll rises — Updated 5:36 pm PDT 10/14/17

This is a continuation of two, now-lengthy articles we have been updating since Sunday and which are now archived. Those articles can be found here: N. Calif wine country wildfire situation expected to intensify as wind picks up. Fires continue to grow; Red Flag Warning Tonight + Today’s current fire maps and status updates – […]

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Fires continue to grow; Red Flag Warning Tonight + Today’s current fire maps and status updates – Updated 6:26 am PDT 10/13/17

This article is no longer being updated. Please click over to the newest one: Fire pushes into City of Sonoma’s NE corner driven by Red Flag winds. Containment advances on other fires. Death toll rises This is a continuation of the now-lengthy article we have been updating since Sunday. That article can be found here: […]

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Wind + water + wildlands in the city = Wine country fire disaster.

Full article and one more chart at the source: New York Times

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The smoking ruins of Paradise Ridge Winery

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