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Evacuations were ordered as warm, dry winds fueled a forest fire in parts of Yolo, Napa and Lake counties, sending a jet of smoke about 75 miles south into San Francisco Bay.
which erupted on Saturday in western Yolo County charred at least 44,500 acres – nearly 70 square miles – of dry scrub and threatened over 100 structures in the ranch northwest of Sacramento . No injuries were reported and the exact number of evacuees was not clear. Cal fire said Monday morning that the fire was contained at 3%
Compulsory evacuation orders are in effect for areas north of Highway 128 in Yolo County without including the city of Winters, all residences served by Highway 128 between Monticello Dam and Pleasant Valley Road along areas south of County Road 23 and east of Berryessa Knoxville Road. An evacuation notice is in effect for areas located north of Quail Canyon Road, south of Highway 128, east of the Blue Ridge Mountains and west of Pleasant Valley Road. As director of the Corner Store in Guinda, a city of about 250 residents located just north of the fire.
"You can see the smoke and you can see an orange-red glow of flames," she says. "I have never seen a fire like that up close and it's an intense feeling."
It was one of two large fires in the northern part of the state, where temperatures were rising, the humidity was falling and the winds were steady.
A fire that burned for several days to the west in Lake County skipped containment lines on Saturday, resulting in additional evacuation orders. This fire was more than 70% contained after burning nearly 23 square miles of scrub and destroying at least 20 structures
Yolo County fire smoke contributed to poor air quality in counties from Napa, Sonoma, San Mateo and San Francisco, According to the National Weather Service
the fog settles in areas to the south and west and shakes the nerves near viticultural communities that have been devastated by deadly forest fires last year
Francisco, where tourists took pictures of the Golden Gate Bridge wrapped in an orange veil of smoke and fog
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