| Last Updated: |
September 14, 2015 6:30 am |
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| Date/Time Started: |
September 12, 2015 1:24 pm |
| Administrative Unit: |
CAL FIRE Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit |
| County: |
Lake County |
| Location: |
off High Valley Road and Bottle Rock Road in Cobb |
| Acres Burned - Containment: |
61,000 acres - 5% contained |
| Structures Destroyed: |
400 |
| Evacuations: |
Mandatory evacuations Bottle Rock Road, High Valley Road, Hwy 175 Cobb, Hwy 29 Tubbs Lane (Calistoga, Napa County) to Hwy 29/Hwy 53( Lower Lake, Lake County) Butts Canyon Road to Napa County Line, including Berreyssa Estates. Communities of Cobb, Seigler Canyon, Loch Lomond, Middletown and Hidden Valley LakesAdvisory Evacuation:
Pine Flat Road 5000 and above, Geysers Road out of Healdsburg 6000 block and above and Geysers Road out of Geyserville 9400 block and above
Evacuation Centers:
Kelseyville Presbyterian Church in Kelseyville and Napa County Fairgrounds in Calistoga and Highland Senior Center.
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| Road Closures : |
Hwy 29 X Bottle Rock, Hwy 29 X Hwy 175 (Kelseyville), Hwy 29 X Red Hills Road and Hwy 29 from Hwy29/Hwy53 Lower Lake to Hwy 29/T |
| Injuries: |
4 |
| Cause: |
Under Investigation |
| Cooperating Agencies: |
CALFIRE, South Lake County Fire Protection District, CHP, CDC, National Guard, Napa, Sonoma, Lake County Sheriff’s Office and many local government fire department |
| Total Fire Personnel: |
1,255 |
| Total Fire Engines: |
157 |
| Total Fire crews: |
40 |
| Total Airtankers: |
4 |
| Total Helicopters: |
10 |
| Total Dozers: |
16 |
| Total Water Tenders: |
53 |
| Conditions: |
Firefighters from across California are aggressively fighting the Valley Fire that has continued to spread in hot, windy conditions. The fire continues to grow as firefighters work to construct fire lines, while protecting lives and property. There has been a report of a civilian fatality in the fire area. That report is being investigated by local law enforcement. 400 homes have been destroyed by the Valley Fire and many hundreds of other structures have been destroyed as well.Sunday Monring, September 13, mandatory evacuations were added in Point Lakeview Hwy and Hwy 281, Rivera West and Clearlake Rivera. There have been an unconfirmed number of structures destroyed. 5000+ are without power. Additional resources are on order and responding to this incident.
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| Phone Numbers |
(707) 967-4207 (Fire Information Line)
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