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Date: October 27, 2019 at 09:31:07
From: Redhart, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Kincaid fire-Expanded evacuations--list of evacuation centers |
URL: https://www.sfchronicle.com/california-wildfires/article/More-evacuations-ordered-in-Sonoma-County-83-000-14565377.php |
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This is for the fire that started near Geyeserville,
north of Santa Rosa...
Sonoma County evacuations: Who must leave, how to get
to safety
Joe Garofoli Oct. 26, 2019 Updated: Oct. 26, 2019 9:12
p.m.
Sonoma County officials expanded their evacuation
area Saturday night to include Forestville, Bodega Bay
and most of the western part of the county.
The new evacuation area includes people living in Dry
Creek Valley, Larkfield, Mark West, Petrified Forest
Road and Porter Creek drainage, bringing the total
ordered to evacuate, according to a spokesman for the
Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office.
Residents should evacuate if they live in a region
bounded by Stewarts Point-Skaggs Springs Road on the
north to Sebastopol on the south and west to the
Pacific coast.
Previously, more than 44,000 residents in Healdsburg,
Windsor and communities along the Highway 101 corridor
were ordered to evacuate Saturday.
Additionally, residents of Sebastopol and Santa Rosa
were issued evacuation warnings. Areas scorched by the
Tubbs Fire, including Santa Rosa’s Fountaingrove and
Coffey Park neighborhoods, were included in the
warning zone. The mandatory evacuation area borders on
Coffey Park.
Sonoma County officials announced the following
evacuation centers:
Santa Rosa Veterans Memorial Building
1351 Maple Avenue, Santa Rosa
Petaluma Fairgrounds
100 Fairgrounds Dr.
Petaluma Veterans Building
1094 Petaluma Blvd S.
Petaluma Community Center
320 N McDowell Blvd.
Sonoma County Fairgrounds (Large animals only)
1350 Bennett Valley Rd., Santa Rosa
Bus service
Evacuation bus service is being provided at the
following locations:
Healdsburg Community Center
1557 Healdsburg Ave.
Home Depot and Walmart Parking Lot
Shiloh Road and Hembree Lane, Windsor
New Song Church
167 Arata Lane, Windsor
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Date: October 28, 2019 at 08:31:15
From: Redhart, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Kincaid fire- 10/28 am updates (article)--also "Getty" fire |
URL: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/10/28/kincade-fire-evacuation-map-expands-sonoma-county/ |
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Kincade Fire forces evacuation of nearly 200,000, the
largest in Sonoma County history
By
Kim Bellware and
Andrew Freedman
Oct. 28, 2019 at 7:24 a.m. PDT
Powerful weekend wind gusts frustrated efforts to beat
back the massive Kincade Fire that’s cutting a
destructive path through Northern California’s wine
country and has prompted evacuations of nearly 200,000
people as the wildfire marches southwest toward the
county’s population hub of Santa Rosa.
More evacuation orders were issued overnight in Sonoma
County, as weather will offer a brief reprieve from
high winds before another major wind event begins.
Authorities warned residents early Monday that “if you
are under a mandatory evacuation for the #Kincadefire
please do not go home. It is still not safe to
return.”
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) has declared a
statewide emergency as fires rage on both ends of the
state — most recently with the Getty Fire that erupted
early Monday on the western edge of Los Angeles. The
Kincade Fire had already burned more than 54,000 acres
— roughly twice the size of San Francisco — as of
Sunday night, according to Cal Fire, which said just
the fire is just 5 percent contained.
At least two firefighters have suffered injuries since
the blaze began late Wednesday night in Geyserville,
roughly 75 miles northwest of San Francisco. At least
94 structures have been destroyed, including the
historic Soda Rock Winery near Highway 128.
All 40 of Sonoma County’s public schools will be
closed Monday and Tuesday, affecting more than 70,400
students and all public meetings in the county were
canceled for the week. Meanwhile, 1.3 million
Californians in the Bay Area are without power as
state utility giant Pacific Gas & Electric implemented
a historically large blackout to mitigate the risk of
additional fires as high winds whip around the tinder-
dry region.
PG&E also cut gas service to more than 20,000
customers “to protect homes from fire,” Sonoma County
officials said.
Nearly 3,400 personnel are fighting the massive
wildfire, and they will contend with a mix of weather.
Nearly 3,400 personnel are fighting the massive
wildfire, and they will contend with a mix of weather.
This looming event would be the third major “Diablo
wind” event in seven days, something Weather Service
forecasters in the region said they “have no memory
of” occurring before. Typically these events are more
spread out over time. With the next event, winds are
expected to be highest in the North and East Bay
hills, where gusts up to 65 mph are possible.
A chief concern among forecasters and emergency
officials is whether the fire will jump across Highway
101 and, according to the Los Angeles Times, “ignite
an area that hasn’t burned since the 1940s.”
The mass evacuations proved controversial in some of
the areas further from the fire. On Sunday, Sonoma
County Sheriff Mark Essick said he was “100 percent
convinced” he made the right call in ordering the
mandatory evacuations Saturday and Sunday, according
to the Press- Democrat.
“I can understand why someone in Bodega Bay is saying,
‘C’mon. What are you guys doing?’ I don’t take these
decisions lightly,” Essick said. ”I look at October
2017 and I still get emotional about this because I
was there. … We lost 24 lives.”
The 2017 Tubbs Fire in Sonoma, Napa and Lake counties
killed at least 22 people and was one of the most
destructive blazes in state history, incinerating more
than 5,000 properties — many of them homes in Santa
Rosa — and causing more than $1.2 billion in damage.
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Date: October 31, 2019 at 09:05:59
From: Redhart, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Kincaid fire- 10/28 am updates (article)--also "Getty"... |
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Quick update on the Kincade fire (near Geyserville) this
morning:
"Some basic facts:
76,825 acres burned with 60% containment. Forward
progress stopped.
282 structures destroyed, 141 of them homes, 10
commercial structures.
50 structures damaged, 33 of them homes, 1 commercial
structure.
No fatalities."
got it in a private calif fire email list, so no link.
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Date: October 28, 2019 at 10:33:07
From: sheila, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Getty fire growing fast |
URL: https://www.ocregister.com/2019/10/28/map-this-is-where-the-getty-fire-is-burning-in-the-sepulveda-pass-and-brentwood/ |
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Kincade fire up to 66,000+ acres now. Getty fire - 500+ acres. They'll get the big guns on this right away, too many valuable real estate there.
Longtime friend of family lives in Pacific Palisades, had to evacuate last week's fire now this! She had to take her hubby to Cedars hospital for an operation this am, hope she got through ok. 12 homes burned down already. Traffic backed up everywhere near there.
Onshore winds should kick in about 2pm today, hope that helps. Map at the link.
Why isn't CNN, MSNBC on this?
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Date: October 28, 2019 at 10:44:50
From: Redhart, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Getty fire growing fast |
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Watched CNN for a bit this morning and they were
covering it. President Blowhard takes up all the media
air, though....again, local sources tend to cover more.
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Date: October 27, 2019 at 10:18:40
From: Redhart, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Hero firefighter shields evacuees from surging flames, all survive |
URL: https://www.sfchronicle.com/california-wildfires/article/Close-call-at-Kincade-Fire-Hero-firefighter-14564496.php#photo-18503084 |
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*SFChronicle also has heavy coverage of this fire
Close call at Kincade Fire: Hero firefighter shields
evacuees from surging flames, all survive
Photo of Lizzie Johnson
Lizzie Johnson Oct. 26, 2019 Updated: Oct. 27, 2019
3:25 a.m.
A firefighter battling the explosive Kincade Fire near
Geyserville was forced to deploy his personal fire
shelter to prevent two residents from being overcome
by flames as the blaze surged Friday evening, state
officials said.
Fire shelters are used as a last resort, and the
rescue, at about 6:20 p.m. Friday, prompted deep alarm
among crews at the Sonoma County blaze.
Cal Fire said the firefighter and the two civilians
were expected to survive. All three were taken by
ground ambulance to a hospital “for evaluation,” Cal
Fire said in a statement. “All injuries appear to be
non-life-threatening.”
(unfortunately--that's all I got as I've reached my
free article limit for the month lol).
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