Multiple homes burned early Monday in the large Skyhawk neighborhood in eastern Santa Rosa as emergency workers in adjacent neighborhoods went door to door evacuating residents. Authorities believe the Shady Fire that burned into east Santa Rosa was started by wind blowing sparks or embers from the Glass Fire.Ī farmhouse burns in the Glass Fire in Santa Rosa on Monday. The cause of the Glass Fire is under investigation. “I’ve never seen anything like this” said Gomes. Gomes, whose family had recently moved back into his home in Santa Rosa’s Coffey Park after it was destroyed in the 2017 fires, said he thought the wildfire situation was as bad as it could get three years ago, but he was wrong. He was trying to get to a small vineyard he owns in the fire zone to check on his animals. “It’s 2017 all over again,” said Manny Gomes, 65, of Napa, idling in his pickup truck on Silverado Trail in Napa County as firefighters beat back hot spots in an adjacent vineyard and a Cal Fire helicopter banked overhead. Winds died down Monday evening and firefighters took advantage of the conditions to shore up firebreaks in areas where homes were threatened. Video: San Francisco Chronicleįirefighters, already weary from the worst fire season on record in California, dug in again Monday after a night of chaos and terror in the North Bay, where residents are well-versed in the tragic consequences of wildfires. The Glass Fire threatens communities in Sonoma and Napa counties, including Santa Rosa, that suffered destruction from blazes in 2017. Wildfires are once again ravaging Northern California's Wine Country. About 68,000 people were under evacuation orders as of Monday evening and 113 buildings were destroyed. The fire tripled in size through the day, charring more than 36,000 acres by sunset Monday, and was not at all contained.
Helena on Sunday spread quickly through extremely dry grasslands and merged into the single Glass Fire by Monday morning. Three wildfires that broke out on the east and west sides of St. Nina Riggio / Special to The Chronicle Show More Show LessĪ massive and chaotic wildfire that burned dozens of homes and threatened thousands more across Wine Country flared up on several fronts Monday, roaring across the northern Napa Valley and blazing toward dense residential neighborhoods in eastern Santa Rosa. One of the many structures that burned as the Glass Fire ripped through Meadowood Napa Valley resort on Monday in St.
Scott Strazzante / The Chronicle Show More Show Less 16 of16 Two firefighters try to save houses as others burn on Mountain Hawk Way in the Skyhawk area of Santa Rosa on Monday. Scott Strazzante / The Chronicle Show More Show Less 15 of16 Matthias Gafni / The Chronicle Show More Show Less 14 of16įirefighters move hoses as houses burn on Mountain Hawk Way in the Skyhawk area of Santa Rosa on Monday. Paul Kuroda / Special to The Chronicle Show More Show Less 13 of16ĭoris and Armin Tietze, both 91, step off the bus that evacuated them through flames from Oakmont Gardens and brought them to the Veterans Auditorium. The Glass Fire destroys homes and cars in Santa Rosa on Monday. Scott Strazzante / The Chronicle Show More Show Less 12 of16 Two firefighters check a home as houses in the Skyhawk area of Santa Rosa burn on Monday. Brittany Hosea-Small/Special to The Chronicle Show More Show Less 11 of16 Paul Kuroda / Special to The Chronicle Show More Show Less 10 of16Ī firefighter runs past a spot fire along Calistoga Road in Santa Rosa on Monday. Scott Strazzante / The Chronicle Show More Show Less 9 of16įirefighters discuss the spread of fire towards homes during the Glass Fire on Monday in Santa Rosa. Paul Kuroda / Special to The Chronicle Show More Show Less 8 of16Įvelyn Alaniz (left) and Kiki Luquin of Windsor take videos of the fire from the Sequoia Elementary School parking lot on Calistoga Road in Skyhawk area of Santa Rosa on Monday. Matt Caffe walks through burned grass from the Glass Fire in Santa Rosa on Monday. Paul Kuroda / Special to The Chronicle Show More Show Less 7 of16Ĭapt. Paul Kuroda / Special to The Chronicle Show More Show Less 6 of16Ī resident folds her flag to take as she evacuates her home with the Glass Fire approaching on Sunday. Paul Kuroda / Special to The Chronicle Show More Show Less 5 of16įirefighter strike forces battle the Glass Fire on Sunday in Calistoga.
Scott Strazzante / The Chronicle Show More Show Less 4 of16įirefighter strike forces battle the Glass Fire in Calistoga on Sunday. Brittany Hosea-Small / Special to The Chronicle Show More Show Less 3 of16įirefighters try to keep house fires from spreading on Mountain Hawk Wayin the Skyhawk area of Santa Rosa on Monday. Scott Strazzante / The Chronicle Show More Show Less 2 of16įirefighters spray down a home engulfed in fire on Beaumont Way in Santa Rosa on Monday. Firefighters try to keep house fires from spreading on Mountain Hawk Way in the Skyhawk area of Santa Rosa on Monday.
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