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New fires in northern California

Author Bill GabbertPosted on Categories WildfireTags
Glen Cove Fire
Glen Cove Fire south of south of Vallejo, California, northeast of the I-80 Carquinez Bridge, October 27, 2019. Photo by @arrowstewtoe.

Besides the 30,000-acre Kincade Fire which has been burning since October 23, other fires have started during the wind event in northern California. We will attempt to collect some brief information about some of them.

UPDATED at 5:20 p.m. PDT October 27, 2019

Burris Fire, southeast of Willits, California, 7 miles east of the intersection of Highways 101 and 20. Evacuations are occurring (more information). CAL FIRE reported at 5:20 p.m. it was 350 acres.

There is a 1,000-acre fire in the Grizzly Island Wildlife Area south of Fairfield. Name unknown. (see photo below)

Fire Grizzly Island Wildlife
Fire in the Grizzly Island Wildlife Area south of Fairfield. Photo from the Mt. Vaca 5 camera at 5:18 p.m. PDT Oct. 27, 2019.

UPDATED at 12:22 p.m. PDT October 27, 2019

Glen Cove Fire, south of Vallejo, northeast of the I-80 Carquinez Bridge. The Interstate is closed in both directions.

A fire in Crockett south of the I-80 bridge has burned about 200 acres. There is a possibility this is a spot fire from the Glen Cove Fire on the north side of the I-80 Carquinez Bridge, over half a mile away. From Contra Costa County: “Evacuations are under way in areas of Crockett south of Pomona street. Residents in other portions of the town should prepare now in case an evacuation is ordered. The evacuation center for Crockett residents is located at the Hercules Swim Center at 2001 Refugio Valley Road in Hercules.” Evacuations were lifted at about 12:50 p.m. Sunday.

Summerlake Fire and the Knightsen Avenue Fire. The evacuation orders for both of these fires in Contra Costa County have been lifted according to the county’s web site.

Leon Fire, southeast of Concord and Clayton. (Earlier there was confusion about the location of this fire.)

Rawson Fire off Gyle Road and Long Dirt Road, northwest of Corning in Tehama County was still 605 acres at 7:30 p.m. Sunday according to CAL FIRE. Firefighters have made good progress on the fire.

Some resources responding to the Arnold Fire near Arnold Drive and Highway 116 southwest of Sonoma have been cancelled, indicating firefighters could be getting it knocked down.

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Author: Bill Gabbert

After working full time in wildland fire for 33 years, he continues to learn, and strives to be a Student of Fire.

13 thoughts on “New fires in northern California”

  1. Has anyone heard how the smoke is affecting flights into and out of SFO? I’m supposed to fly in from Portland Thursday for a connection to China,

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  2. I live in Concord CA and I smell smoke. Had to close the windows so the kids don’t inhale it it’s so bad. Hope it clears by the morning we got things to do. No kids should be inhaling this please keep kids home if it still smells like fire don’t let them out.

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  5. How can one go to work if one lives around the area? No one knows how the wind and fire will be shifting. Really feel for the people living there. Stay safe, both residents and firefighters!

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  6. I find it frustrating also. Friends in Windsor evacuated last night. My sister in Sebastopol has been under mandatory evacuation, was going to go to Santa Rosa, but it’s also now under mandatory evacuation. She’s now going to Seattle to stay with her son/DIL. Don’t know if she’s driving or flying out of SF, no grocery stores area open, no power. It’s insane.

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  7. What is remarkable to me is that with the power out, you cant call a neighbor or friends even on a land line or cell to get real time information. This is leading to tremendous uncertainty, which is especially bad for those that should be protected by the Tubbs fire (those North of Santa Rosa and South of Windsor) burn scar but cant get any information other than the Evacuate.

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  8. Thanks for these posts, Bill! With the demise of InciWeb, their fire incident information is being strictly limited. It is difficult to find out any information about these fires, especially when compared to the info available three or four years ago. InciWeb has been effectively dumbed down. And fire information is “disappeared” quickly, so unless one is keeping a personal log of these massive, cataclysmic fires, one can’t find history and maps of a fire’s progression.

    I am not impressed with CalFire, either. In 2018, there was more daily fire info than there is this year. The daily basic form that is filled out per fire has less and less information on it.

    Why in the world would the government agencies collude to keep this information from the public??

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    1. It is a stunningly poor decision for the State of California, including all agencies involved, to reduce or restrict information available to the public regarding fires. Do the bureaucrats involved imagine the public will somehow not second-guess their decisions, if information is not available in real-time? The public needs information to make informed decisions and take action to protect themselves. Relying on the government is a time-proven disaster. Signed, Carr Fire Victim.

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    2. I can’t agree more regarding CalFire’s new look. I figure it’s pablum for the masses , a perceived “idiot public”. And how long has it been now that Inciweb went fancy?! I’m curious if these moronic changes (by my standards) come out of budgetary constraints or shuffles or maybe by young “upstarts” born almost with a smart phone already in their hands.

      CalFire’s “boots on the ground and in the air” is A#1! Lone Ranger

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    3. Why have we NOT been told how all these fires are starting. WIND. WILL NOT start a fire without ignition.
      ALSO PGE needs a take over.

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