In this siege, there have been 7 reported fatalities and more than 1,200 structures destroyed. Residents are encouraged to participate in these exercises to practice for real emergency scenarios, they could just be life saving said District 1 Supervisor Susan Gorin, Board of Supervisors. Staff Writer Phil Barber contributed to this story. If you come across any downed power lines treat them as live and contact PG&E. Hennessey Fire (Merged Fires - Gamble, Green, Aetna, Markley, Spanish, Morgan, Round): Hennessey Ridge Road in Napa County, Califonia. If you're in the area, you must leave now. May 17, 2022. You can reach Staff Writer Lori A. Carter at 707-521-5470 or lori.carter@pressdemocrat.com. This means you can now return home at your own risk. For information on outage locations, times, and health concerns, visit your #utility website. Several law enforcement and fire agencies are assisting in the firefight, including Monte Vista Fire, Del Norte Fire, Alamosa Police are on scene. West of Harrison Grade Rd., Green Valley Rd., and Hwy. Evacuees could find shelter at the Ski Hi Complex. El rea que debe evacuarse de inmediato es al sur de Stewarts Point-Skaggs Springs Road, al norte de Austin Creek, al oeste de la interseccin de Mill Creek Road en Puccioni Road y al este de Cedars. When he stopped to remove the tree, a burned woman ran up. Firefighters are at scene in the area of Bennett Valley Road and Bennett View Drive. The grants will assist local, state and tribal agencies responding to the fires to apply for 75% reimbursement of their eligible fire suppression costs. Shortly after 7 p.m., the San Luis Valley Emergency team said progression on the fire stopped, and the evacuation zone was reduced to fewer than 30 homes. 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Godley said his department was trying to determine why an evacuation warning intended for a small group of residents in a rural area in the hills west of Healdsburg was instead distributed to a wide swath of the countys populace on Tuesday. 2023 News of the North Bay. NOTE: People returning to the area must utilize Hwy 1 to return to their homes. Those of you in areas under Evacuation Warning means you can now return home at your own risk. What can you do? Menegon asked. "We're not going anywhere, we stay here". A reminder to drive slowly and yield to emergency personnel in the area. Some residents wait to evacuate as Walbridge Fire approaches Russian River region. Also, take a look at the interactive evacuation map at https://arcg.is/0buuL1 and search by address to see the status of your zone. Future orders will reference this map as well. Were based here in Sonoma County. All Access Digital offer for just 99 cents! Both evacuation exercises are planned by the Sonoma County Department of Emergency Management, Sheriffs Office, County Administrators Office, Transportation & Public Works, Regional Parks, and the Human Services Department. Cal Fire and Sonoma County emergency officials already have issued evacuation orders in the area of the larger, 13-4 fire in the hills west of Healdsburg, which was 100 acres and growing late Tuesday morning, authorities said. Customers serviced by the Guerneville, Cazadero, Duncans Mills, Monte Rio, Jenner and Villa Grande offices can pick up mail at the North Bay Processing Facility, 1150 N. McDowell Blvd. ___________________________________________________________. 116 (Pocket Canyon), West of Dutcher Creek Rd and the Dry Creek the actual creek, East of the Russian River to the Windsor Town limits. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group), GUERNEVILLE, CA - AUGUST 22: Firefighters from different cities ride along downtown Guerneville, Calif., during a mandatory evacuation as the LNU Lightning Complex fire continues burning regions of Solano and Napa counties on Saturday, Aug., 22, 2020. View the interactive evacuation map and search by address at https://arcg.is/0buuL1. Use extreme caution when around any burned areas that may be present. If you are in the area consider leaving now, ________________________________________________________________, Tuesday August 18th, 2020 :: 08:05 p.m. PDT. The 13-4 fire north of Austin Creek State Recreation Area is prompting additional orders to evacuate from the sparsely populated hills west of Healdsburg on top of the mandates issued earlier this afternoon. Jackson Resort Road and McPeak Road north of Wasson Road all remain under Evacuation Order, ______________________________________________________________________. They include areas east of Sewell Road and King Ridge Road; north of Old Cazadero Road and Austin Creek; west of East Austin Creek and Wal Bridge Ridge; and south of Stewarts Point Skaggs Springs Road. Support News of the North Bay on Patreon! If you feel you are in danger please evacuate now. If you are in the above areas please calmly and quickly evacuate or be ready to. If you come across any downed power lines treat them as live and call 911 and then PG&E. Evacuate immediately if you're in the area. On Twitter @loriacarter. More updates at 6pm. At the evacuation meeting locations, there will be a resource fair with emergency partners providing information to prepare homes, families, and pets in the event of a real emergency. The cancellation of additional evacuation orders is being evaluated based on a variety of factors, including potential fire behavior, and the re-establishment of crucial infrastructure. Areas under evacuation order due to the immediate threat to life now include everything west of Lake Berryessa along Berryessa Knoxville Road between Highway 128 and East Side Road, according to Cal Fire. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group), GUERNEVILLE, CA - AUGUST 22: The Armstrong Woods park is closed as part of the evacuation order in Guerneville, Calif., as the LNU Lightning Complex fire continues burning regions of Solano and Napa counties on Saturday, Aug., 22, 2020. Future orders will reference these maps as well. Firefighters continue to monitor for additional lightning strike wildfires and the potential for additional lightning today. Together, the fires have burned more than 12,200 acres, causing evacuations and threatening homes on the eastern edge of the Napa Valley. Customers can locate their outage block on their most recent bill and can also look up outage blocks by address online. The LNU Lightning Complex fire continues burning regions of Napa, Sonoma, Solano, Lake and Yolo counties. PGE&E is working around the clock to restore services to all its unaffected customers. By day's end Wednesday, the fire destroyed 105 homes and damaged 70 other buildings, nearly tripling in size to 124,000 acres across Sonoma, Lake, Napa, Yolo and Solano counties. Monte Rio Fire Chief Steve Baxman said the worst of the storm passed by early Wednesday morning, leaving the fire department to do a few evacuations and wait for the floodwater to recede. The evacuation orders combined cover about 5,700 people in 1,900 homes, according to a Napa County spokesperson. "We're not going anywhere, we stay here". With the added risk of COVID-19 on respiratory health, its crucial that we all do our part to reduce air pollution and take precautions to reduce exposure.. A reminder to drive slowly and yield to emergency personnel. The fire threatens 205 structures, Cal Fire spokesman Tyree Zander said. Use caution when returning to the area as conditions to the roadway may have changed due the fire. Continue to follow the instructions of first responders in the area and make sure to listen for hi-lo sirens if fire conditions change. Theres going to be a lot of traffic in the area so please drive safely; our priority is getting everyone home safely. A separate, planned outage is affecting about 134 Guerneville customers, she said. We will send an alert for each area as it re-opens. California wine country evacuees stuck in, Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), Los Gatos: Hundreds still without power as Black Road repair project finishes early, California wine country evacuees stuck in hellish limbo as fire rages on. Future orders will reference these maps as well. Theres going to be a lot of traffic in the area so please drive safely; our priority is getting everyone home safely. It means two things, Godley said. monte rio fire evacuation. from Martinelli Rd. With the record heatwave expected to continue through Thursday night, PG&E strongly encourages all customers to continue conserving to reduce the overall demand for power, Contreras said in a statement, adding that the rolling blackouts are different from the planned power outages PG&E occasionally imposes to prevent its equipment from starting wildfires. As of Saturday night, the fire was 15 percent contained, burning through 325,000 acres, claiming four lives and destroying 845 buildings. NOTE: Wallace Creek Road and Mill Creek Road, west of Wallace Creek Road (including Palmer Creek Road), will remain closed due to hazardous tree removal, powerline repair, roadway repair, and other hazards being mitigated in the area. The evacuation order was significantly expanded over the weekend to portions of Santa Rosa, a city of 175,000 that was hit hard two years ago by a wildfire that destroyed thousands of homes and. Also, take a look at the interactive evacuation map and search by address to see the status of your zone. This means you can now return home at your own risk. We are making good progress at this time. According to the model, the river's water level at Guerneville is expected to reach 32 feet by Monday at 8 p.m. and peak around 38 feet Tuesday evening. Categories . Published by on June 29, 2022. The largest is the Gamble fire, which by 7 a.m. had burned 5,000 acres near Berryessa Knoxville Road, west of Brooks. You can also call 1(800)743-5000. If you live in the above listed areas you are clear to return home. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group), SANTA ROSA, CA - AUGUST 23: Paul Dunaway, Director of Sonoma County Human Services' Adult and Aging Division, shows the 6-feet social distance required between camping beds at an evacuation center at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa, Calif., on Sunday, Aug., 23, 2020. Prior to joining the organization, he was an investigative reporter at The Virginian-Pilot, where he covered state government, the military and criminal justice. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group), SANTA ROSA, CA - AUGUST 23: Guerneville evacuee Victoria Johnston, 15, gets watery eyes as she talks about the gecko she left behind in Guerneville as she waits with her mother Rhonda Hall outside an evacuation center at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa, Calif., on Sunday, Aug., 23, 2020. These areas are still at risk from the fires in the area. One structure and two outbuildings have been destroyed. The fires have been added to the group of lightning-caused wildfires in the North Bay called the LNU Lightning Complex fires. Bryan Menegon and his wife, Stephanie Quirk, were spending a relaxing day in Healdsburg Plaza with their daughters, even though their home is under an evacuation order and ash has been raining from the sky all day. We know, as does Sonoma County, the wildfire capacity in this region. Extreme fire behavior with short and long range spotting are continuing to challenge firefighting efforts. The public is reminded to stay vigilant on current fire conditions. It is one of at least two fires still burning in Sonoma County after a lightning storm ignited fires around the region on Monday. Are they going to get the fire out? Godley said evacuation warning issued through the Wireless Emergency Alert system, or WEA, should have been targeted. The Sonoma County Sheriffs Office is lifting the evacuation orders and warnings in the following areas: Zone WI-A (Town of Windsor) all orders lifted, Open Zone 1 map to determine your exact area, Map Grid 1D1 downgraded to Evacuation Warning, Map Grid 1D2 downgraded to Evacuation Warning. These areas are still at risk from the fires in the area. Prepare to take care of family and pets, by having an emergency kit ready and talk to your neighbors so you have a plan to help and alert one another if needed.. Use extreme caution when around any burned areas that may be present. As a reader, your generous support through Paypal or Patreon helps to insure that we can continue to provide original, insightful and independent live and video news reporting for Sonoma County and the North Bay. 15-10 fire: 8,000 acres near Putah Creek Bridge and Berryessa Knoxville Road. Now, theyre worried about themselves and their friends in Guerneville losing their businesses as one natural disaster after another the 2017 Tubbs Fire, the Kincade Fire last year, the floods dry up tourist dollars. HEALDSBURG Stores were open, if emptier than usual, in downtown Healdsburg on Saturday a normal day if not for the evacuation warnings and the smoke and falling ash heralding the approach of a massive wildfire threatening 30,500 homes and businesses in Sonoma, Napa, Solano counties and beyond. As of early Sunday, about 32,000 people in Sonoma County alone were under an evacuation order, according to sheriffs office spokeswoman Misti Wood, although those orders were downgraded to warnings in several areas, including Dry Creek Valley outside Healdsburg, and eastern Forestville. Power poles, trees, and other structures may have been damaged. WildFire 13-4 est creciendo y ahora se ha actualizado a Evacuacin obligatoria. Not everyone will want to interview or be on camera as they evaluate their losses and consider the next steps. NOTE: All access to Lake Sonoma remains closed. Please be advised that areas nearest the fire may have had PG&E services temporarily disrupted while the fire was being fought. 13-4 Fire: West of Healdsburg. Though the Walbridge Fire reportedly has made it into the north edge of Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve, the old-growth trees in the main area of the park were undamaged Saturday. An incoming, dry thunderstorm is forecasted to strike the area Sunday, bringing unpredictable winds capable of spreading the blazes and lightning strikes able to ignite new fires. Media is allowed in disaster areas per State law. We recommend you stay home for the day once you arrive. "Winds are still blowing fairly hard," said Courtney Arthur, Rio Grande County public information officer. This means you can now return home at your own risk. View of a fire burning near Monte Rio in Sonoma County, March 1, 2022. Despite the looming catastrophic threat, Keary and Sally Sorensen were focused on a more manageable nuisance littering. Students at Marsh and Metz schools were being released early. Hello world! Gavin Newsom announced the state has obtained two grants from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to pay for the ongoing fight against fires burning and Napa and Nevada counties. The location has been moved to Ski High on Sherman Ave. The fire charred around 17 acres. The Sorensons own their cleaning services company, "if we allow our town to get trash, then we have a trashy town," He said as they try to prevent the trash going into the river. MONTE RIO, Calif. - Cal Fire has stopped forward progress of a vegetation fire above Monte Rio Tuesday evening, officials said. and south of Fort Ross Rd. Residents of Drake Road and Odd Fellows Park should use Eastbound Hwy 116 to evacuate, Residents of Summer Home Park should take Forest Hills Road to Eastbound River Road to Evacuate. The area that needs to evacuate immediately is South of Stewarts Point-Skaggs Springs Road, North of Austin Creek, West of the intersection of Mill Creek Road at Puccioni Road and East of the Cedars. Three fires burning on the eastern rim of the Napa Valley have now consumed more than 12,200 acres and were burning out of control Tuesday, Cal Fire reported. The burn area is under a Public Health Order due to health hazards created by the fire. WildFire 13-4 is growing and has now been upgraded to a Mandatory Evacuation. Those warnings cover residents of areas west of the South Fork Gualala River; north of Fort Ross Road; and south and east of King Ridge Road. Continue to follow the instructions of first responders in the area and make sure to listen for hi-lo sirens. The 15-10 fire, located near Berryessa Knoxville Road and Putah Creek Bridge, had burned 4,500 acres. We will send an alert for each area as it re-opens. Halls daughter, 15-year-old Victoria Johnston, couldnt even talk about Rocket on Sunday every time the pet was mentioned, her eyes filled with tears. Mandatory evacuations were ordered for all homes north of Highway 285 between Jefferson Street and North Henderson Road just after 2 p.m. Rio County tweeted an update to the evacuation order at 4:35 p.m. "If your house is east of Truman you are clear to enter your home.". None of the fires had any containment. Law enforcement is asking that the public avoid the area. Categories . If you need help evacuating livestock, call 707-234-7193. Over 14,000 firefighters continue to battle more than two dozen major fires and lightning complexes across California. If your property is in the burn area, youll receive personal protective equipment thats required to enter the burn area. If you need assistance after your home was damaged or destroyed you can go to the Healdsburg High School Gym (1024 Prince Avenue, Healdsburg) or the Bank of America in Guerneville (16390 Main Street, Guerneville) for help. The LNU Lightning Complex fire continues burring regions of Solano and Napa counties. Were looking to it was in fact the technology, the application of the technology, or if it was operator error, he said. All of Zone 2E2 is now under Evacuation Warning. Monte Vista Community Reeling After Wind-Blown Fire Displaces 6 Families. MONTE VISTA, Colo. (CBS4)- Homes and businesses in Monte Vista were evacuated on Wednesday afternoon due to a large fire that damaged or destroyed several structures. The fire is currently 500 acres and 0% contained. She previously covered startups and venture capital for the Bay Area News Group and prior to that court cases for The Recorder in San Francisco. If you are in Zone 1D5 be prepared to evacuate. (Cal Fire) According to Cal Fire, no structures were threatened and no evacuations were ordered. Meyers Fire: North of Jenner. An astonishing 2,700 more wildfires have occurred this year than last, with an additional 1.4 million acres burned during the same time-period. Residents who live in these communities are encouraged to register for the exercise at SoCoTest.org and to receive the alert at the start of the exercise. It could get worse. Since the lightning siege that started on Saturday, August 15, 2020, there have been over 13,000 lightning strikes. LNU Lighting Complex Fire, Napa County (more info), Napa, Lake, Sonoma, Solano, and Yolo Counties, *Hennessey (merged fires) 293,602 acres, 26% contained, _________________________________________________________. They headed to a motel in Vacaville, but by the time they arrived, ash was falling from the sky there, too. In the North Bay, an evacuation warning is still in effect for people living near the Russian River floodway between Healdsburg and Jenner. NOTE: River Road and Hwy 116 will remain closed from the Hacienda Bridge to Old Cazadero Road. The burn area is under a Public Health Order due to health hazards created by the fire. Californias main electric grid operator urged Californians to continue conserving energy after staving off rolling blackouts Monday and so far Tuesday afternoon during the ongoing heatwave. These areas are referenced in grids 2E1, 2E2, 2E3 and 2E4 of the attached map. Elderly persons, children and individuals with respiratory illnesses are particularly susceptible to elevated air pollution levels and should take extra precautions to avoid exposure. Use extreme caution when around the burned areas that may be present. UPDATED: Please read and follow our commenting policy: MARY CALLAHAN, WILL SCHMITT, NASHELLY CHAVEZ, LORI A. CARTER, PHIL BARBER. Events Monte Rio Community Center Monte Rio Community Center 20488 Highway 116 Monte Rio, CA 95462 United States Get Directions Today Now onwards Previous Events Next Events Subscribe to calendar Incidents Overview > https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents. Another 205 structures are threatened. 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NOTE: Residents living on Sweetwater Springs Road will have to report to the traffic control point at Armstrong Woods Road to make access. Portions of 1D4 and 1D5 (Town of Guerneville) downgraded from Evacuation Order to Evacuation Warning. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group), GUERNEVILLE, CA - AUGUST 22: Keary Sorenson, left, and his wife Sally Sorenson, of Monte Rio, pose for photo in Guerneville, Calif., which is under evacuation order as the LNU Lightning Complex fire continues burring regions of Solano and Napa counties on Saturday, Aug., 22, 2020. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group), GUERNEVILLE, CA - AUGUST 22: Keary Sorenson, left, and his wife Sally Sorenson, of Monte Rio, pose for photo in Guerneville, Calif., which is under evacuation order as the LNU Lightning Complex fire continues burring regions of Solano and Napa counties on Saturday, Aug., 22, 2020. The public is reminded to stay vigilant on current fire conditions. Around 8:15 p.m., officials reported that forward. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group), HEALDSBURG, CA - AUGUST 23: The Walbridge fire glows in the horizon seen from Dry Creek Road in Healdsburg, Calif., as the LNU Lightning Complex fire continues burning regions of Napa and Solano counties on Sunday, Aug., 23, 2020. Evacuation orders now include the area of Wragg Canyon Road from Highway 128 to the end of the road including the Pleasure Cove facilities as well as Chiles Pope Valley Road from Lower Chiles Valley Road to Pope Canyon Road, according to Cal Fire. Everything west of the eastern edge of Lake Sonoma to the western boundarythat runs north along the ridge line from the intersection of Stewarts Point Skaggs Springs Rd @ Old Stewarts Point Skaggs Springs Road to the interception of Rockpile Road @ Cooley Ranch Road north to the Mendocino County Line. You can also view an interactive evacuation map here. She has no idea how many more days her family will have to sit in a motel room, watching TV and trying not to think about the fire. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group), HEALDSBURG, CA - AUGUST 22: A thick smoky cloud moves over vineyards in Healdsburg, Calif., as the LNU Lightning Complex fire still burning regions of Napa and Sonoma County on Saturday, Aug., 22, 2020. Continue to follow the instructions of first responders in the area and make sure to listen for hi-lo sirens. Mandatory evacuation orders have been issued for neighborhoods with a high risk of flooding during Wednesday's storm. West of Trenton Healdsburg Rd. The forecast called for more dry lightning strikes Sunday evening and Monday, and firefighters and residents alike spent the weekend anxiously watching the skies, terrified that fire crews could lose the tentative progress theyve made beating the LNU Lightning Complex fires back from towns including Healdsburg, Guerneville and Vacaville.