SF News Winery That Figures Into Pickett Fire Investigation Says Worker Doused Fireplace Ashes With Water The Pickett Fire in Napa County, which is still smoldering and stands at 93% contained after burning over 6,800 acres, may have been sparked on August 21 by discarded ashes from curing a new outdoor fireplace. But that has not been confirmed.
SF News Pickett Fire May Have Ignited During Set-Up of Unauthorized Wedding at Napa Winery Cal Fire is investigating whether the 6,800-acre Pickett Fire was caused by an outdoor fireplace at Hundred Acre Wines in Calistoga during preparations for an upcoming wedding. Weddings have been banned at wineries in Napa since 1990.
SF News Photos: Pickett Fire in Napa County Spreads to 6,800 Acres, 11% Contained as of Sunday Afternoon Napa County declared a local emergency for the Calistoga area Sunday, calling for additional funding to fight the Pickett Fire, which broke out Thursday and reached nearly 7,000 acres Sunday afternoon.
SF News Wife of Slain Cal Fire Captain Rebecca Marodi Located and Arrested In Mexico The wife and sole suspect in the murder of a Cal Fire captain in Southern California last month has been taken into custody and will face a murder charge in San Diego County.
SF News Crocker-Amazon and Daly City Border Deemed the Only 'High' Fire Risk Areas in San Francisco While SF's dense construction and cooler, often foggy climate doesn't seem particularly prone to the kinds of wind-driven wildfires we've seen devastate parts of Sonoma County, and now LA, there are a couple of areas that experts have pointed to as being moderate- and high-risk for fire.
SF News Point Fire In Sonoma County Grows to 1,100 Acres as Seven Major Wildfires Burn Across the State Cal Fire firefighters are contending with multiple large wildfires across the state that all broke out over the weekend, and it seems like fire season is already in full swing, though it's still mid-June.
SF News 103-Acre Snell Fire in Napa Now 80% Contained, Cal Fire Confirms [Updated] The vegetation fire is just southeast of Middletown in Napa County, but forward progress has been stopped and there are no reported injuries or damage.
SF News Quail Fire in Solano County 75% Contained; Two Other NorCal Fires Almost Fully Contained This weekend's windy weather and dry ground conditions helped spark three separate wildfires in Northern California. All have since been significantly contained, including Solano County's Quail Fire that's now burned 135 acres.
SF News Colorado Fire Is Now 85% Contained, All Road Closures and Evacuation Orders Lifted Since starting over a week ago, the rare January wildfire near Big Sur is currently at least 85% contained — up from 75% yesterday — as of Saturday morning; many recruited fire engines and crews have now also returned to their respective home stations.
SF News After Jumping Control Burn Lines, Estrada Fire Burns 83 Acres in Santa Cruz On Friday, a prescribed burn on private property managed to escape control lines and began spreading at an alarming rate in southeastern Santa Cruz County, prompting 270 residents to be evacuated; it's now burned at least 83 acres and is 25% contained.
SF News Dixie and Caldor Fires Each Reach 60% Containment Saturday morning, a milestone in fighting two of Northern California's most pressing wildfires — the Dixie Fire and Caldor Fire — was achieved: successfully containing at least 60% of each blaze.
SF News Cal Fire Investigation Comes Up Short on Evidence, Can't Pinpoint Cause of Last Year's Glass Fire The official cause of the Glass Fire in Napa and Sonoma counties last fall will remain undetermined pending the revelation of more conclusive evidence, and Cal Fire investigators say they have not found enough to make a determination.
SF News Dixie Fire Approaches Camp Fire Burn Scar With Over 18,000 Acres Burned; Smoke Clouds Blanketing Nearby Skies The Dixie Fire has exploded over the weekend with only 15% of the fire contained as it nears the Camp Fire burn scar in Butte County; there’s also now a huge amount of smoke in the air.
SF News Firefighter Battling CZU Lightning Fire Has Wallet Stolen and Bank Account Emptied By Thieves While helping to contain the life-threatening, ever-growing CZU Lightning fire, a CAL FIRE ground commander had their department vehicle broken into, wallet stolen, and bank account completely drained this weekend; welcome to 2020.
SF News Fire Plane Mishap Turns Sonoma Neighborhood Pink There’s not much funny about California wildfire season, with more than 100,000 acres on fire across the state as of press time. So we’re really going to enjoy the one
SF News Pot Grow Investigated As Source Of Loma Fire #LomaFire [update] 10 miles NW of Morgan Hill (Santa Clara County) is now 1085 acres and 5% contained. https://t.co/7WH7ZEHR5G pic.twitter.com/YeL5em6CmH— CAL FIRE (@CAL_FIRE) September 27, 2016
SF News Lake County Police Arrest Suspected Arsonist Behind Growing Clayton Fire, And Possibly Others Just In - #ClaytonFire in Lake County has grown to 4,000 acres. Winds picking up.Photo by @kentphotos pic.twitter.com/UmILfRDWUP— CAL FIRE PIO Berlant (@CALFIRE_PIO) August 15, 2016 As
SF News Fire Updates: Rocky Fire Grows To 8,000 Acres; Big Creek Fire Grows Near Yosemite A wildfire to our north in Lake County that broke out Wednesday afternoon quickly spread to burn 8,000 acres of trees and brush. It's called the Rocky Fire, and the Chron reports
SF News [Update] Wind-Whipped Fire South Of Lake Berryessa Now 80% Contained #WraggFire pic.twitter.com/lsAnhWlSD7— Elizabeth Rogers (@Shescountry_86) July 23, 2015 A fire ignited yesterday and spread quickly in the area south of Lake Berryessa in Napa and Solano Counties, and it
SF News Make No Mistake, California, This Fire Season Is Likely To Be Terrible Due to the drought, fire season is starting early in California, and Cal Fire is already warning of dry, fire friendly conditions that have prompted them to hire extra firefighters ahead of what's
SF News Big Sur Wildfire Burns Over 500 Acres, Destroys 15 Homes Near National Forest The scene from Rancho Rico today, taken by Ariana Satayathum. #pfeifferfire pic.twitter.com/2GqhwlACFm— Virginia Hennessey (@virghennessey) December 16, 2013 A wildfire that started late Sunday night is currently burning through hundreds
