Tens of thousands of people in wine country are fleeing as California battles blazes that have burned 26 times the number of acres destroyed last year
Several new California fires torched thousands of acres in a day, including the fast-moving Napa County Glass Fire, which destroyed a winery.
The Glass Fire tore through vineyards and structures Sunday evening near St. Helena, roaring over hills and jumping across both the Silverado Trail and the Lodi River, despite fire crews efforts to contain it, according to CNN affiliate KPIX."It's a cremation," Craig Battuello, whose family has raised grapes in St. Helena for more than a century, told the station.Flames engulfed California's famed Chateau Boswell Winery along the Silverado Trail in the St.
— CAL FIRE SHU September 28, 2020 Officials did not say how many homes or people were under the evacuation order due to the blaze. Firefighters have been battling the August Complex Fire in several neighboring counties for more than a month. That fire has burned more than 870,000 acres since being sparked by lightning in August.
— NWS Bay Area September 26, 2020 "We don't want it up there on those ridges when the winds pick up," Upton said.The more than 3 million acres burned in wildfires this year in California is 26 times higher than the acres burned in 2019 for the same time period, according to CalFire.
— NWS Los Angeles September 28, 2020 On Sunday, the utility said the planned shutoffs in northern California had decreased from 100,000 to 65,000 because of"favorable changes in forecast weather conditions." A kitten that looks like Baby Yoda was rescued from a California wildfireNapa County, where the Glass Fire is burning is on the list of counties expected to experience shutoffs.
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