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Latest on Easy, Getty, Kincade, Sonoma, Tick fires and evacuations today — live updates
CBSN Latest updates: Kincade Fire: 76,825 acres burned; 30% contained Getty Fire: 745 acres burned; 27% contained The Easy Fire broke out Wednesday morning and has burned about 1,300 acres About 365,000 homes and businesses were without electricity after Pacific Gas & Electric shut off power to millions of people in an effort to prevent …
Kincade Fire live updates: Evacuation map grows in Sonoma County and Santa Rosa
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 66,200 acres — roughly the size of Sacramento — as …
Latest on Kincade, Sonoma, Tick Fires, evacuations today — live updates
CBSN Hurricane-force winds created blowtorch-like conditions overnight in Northern California as the Kincade Fire continued to rage Sunday. As of 8 a.m. PT, the fire had burned 30,000 acres and was only 10% contained. Approximately 180,000 people are under evacuation orders, the Sonoma County Sheriff tweeted. “This is the largest evacuation that any of us …
Kincade Fire grows as 200,000 in Northern California flee homes
SAN FRANCISCO – Close to 200,000 Northern California residents, many of them left in the dark by a third power shutdown in a month, have been ordered to leave their homes as historic winds fueled an explosion of wildfires in the San Francisco Bay Area. The state’s largest utility, Pacific Gas & Electric, shut off …
Blackouts, mass evacuations as Kincade fire grows amid high winds
Fueled by winds that topped 80 mph, the Kincade fire exploded overnight in Sonoma County, burning winery properties and pushing closer to Healdsburg as about 1 million homes and businesses across the region were thrown into darkness because of Pacific Gas & Electric Co. blackouts. Officials evacuated a large swath of Sonoma County, including new …
northwest Santa Rosa ordered to evacuate
Here’s what you need to know from Saturday: — Nearly 90,000 people ordered to flee potential path of Kincade fire — Fire crews dig in for windy night battling Kincade fire in Sonoma County — PG&E’s electricity outage hits hardest in the North Bay . Here is the latest information about the Kincade fire: — …
California fires: Millions of people face PG&E power outages as Kincade, Tick fires burn
The National Weather Service warned “a long duration and potentially . . . historic [wind] event” was expected to bring 85 mph gusts through the mountain regions of Northern and Central California between Saturday night and Monday morning with lesser, but still powerful, winds reaching valleys and coastal areas. The ongoing wildfires come on the …
Pacific Gas and Electric power line broke before Kincade Fire ignited in Sonoma County
Although PG&E cut power in the area on Wednesday afternoon amid dangerous weather conditions, stretches of the company’s high voltage power transmission lines — which were responsible for the state’s deadliest wildfire ever — were still operating in the area when the fire broke out, the utility said in a statement. In the report it …
Kincade Fire: Hundreds evacuated as wildfire explodes to 10,000 acres
The Kincade Fire, ignited Wednesday night, has scorched 10,000 acres, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection reported Thursday morning. More than 550 homes — with about 1,700 residents — are under mandatory evacuation orders as the blaze burns uncontrollably, Sonoma County officials said. More evacuations may be issued. The fire erupted the same …
Kincade fire north of Geyserville tops 5,000 acres, prompts mandatory evacuations
Here are the latest updates on the Kincade fire burning in northeast Sonoma County. 1:11 a.m. In an emailed statement, PG&E said the Kincade fire is in the power shut-off “footprint.” The utility initiated the shutdown Wednesday afternoon, cutting power to nearly 27,000 customers in Sonoma County. PG&E said it does not have any more …