Kincade Fire

Sonoma County updates evacuation center list

Sonoma County emergency services is maintaining a list of evacuation centers with current capacity information updated regularly. Although some facilities…

5 years ago

Santa Rosa Kaiser hospital evacuated, 110 patients transferred

Kaiser Permanente's hospital in Santa Rosa was ordered to evacuate early Sunday morning and all patients have been transferred to…

5 years ago

Sonoma County mandatory evacuations impact about 180,000 residents

Residents in all 10 Sonoma County designated evacuation zones are now under orders to leave immediately. Cal Fire officials again…

5 years ago

Kincade Fire mandatory evacuations hit Russian River towns through to Jenner, Bodega Bay

Large portions of Sonoma County are now under mandatory evacuation orders due to the expanding Kincade Fire. The latest evacuation…

5 years ago

New evacuation orders effective immediately as Kincade Fire nears 26,000 acres

Effective immediately, additional evacuation orders have been issued for the entire city of of Healdsburg and town of Windsor. The…

5 years ago

Firefighter saves two fleeing residents by deploying fire shelter

A firefighter deployed his fire shelter to shield two residents fleeing the Kincade Fire on Friday evening when the blaze…

5 years ago

Firefighters face uphill battle as wind event nears

The Kincade Fire that began late Wednesday evening in an area northeast of Geyserville has since scorched nearly 24,000 acres…

5 years ago

Sheriff confirms 21 homes, 28 outbuildings destroyed in Kincade Fire

Sonoma County Sheriff Mark Essick said Friday 21 homes and 28 outbuildings were lost in the Kincade Fire burning near…

5 years ago

Santa Clara County braces for power outage, poor air quality

As PG&E prepares for another Public Safety Power Shutoff throughout the state, the Santa Clara County Public Health Department is…

5 years ago

Governor declares State of Emergency for Sonoma, Los Angeles counties

Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday issued State of Emergency proclamations for Sonoma and Los Angeles counties, where the Kincade and…

5 years ago

Crews struggle to contain Kincade Fire, burn area nears 22,000 acres

The Kincade Fire in Sonoma County grew overnight to 21,900 acres and containment was at 5 percent as of 7:35…

5 years ago

Utilities commission report puts broken PG&E equipment at fire origin

PG&E acknowledged to the California Public Utilities Commission on Thursday that some equipment failed in the general vicinity where the…

5 years ago

Still raging Kincade Fire takes out 16,000 acres, 49 structures

Flames have burned 16,000 acres in northern Sonoma County since Wednesday night after the Kincade Fire broke out northeast of…

5 years ago

PG&E begins inspections, says power should be restored by Friday night

PG&E Thursday gave a weather "all clear" to customers affected by its Public Safety Power Shutoff that began Wednesday in…

5 years ago

Spare the Air alert extends to Friday throughout Bay Area

A Spare the Air alert issued for Thursday by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District will extend to Friday…

5 years ago

Sheriff urges people to ‘take care of each other’ as 2,000 evacuate Kincade Fire

About 2,000 people have been evacuated and multiple structures have been destroyed in the Kincade Fire that started Wednesday night…

5 years ago

Geothermal plant sustains minor fire damage

A spokesman for the Calpine geothermal facility, The Geysers in Lake County near the Sonoma County border, said Thursday that…

5 years ago

Heavy Kincade Fire smoke prompts Spare the Air alert

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued a Spare the Air alert for Thursday because of smoke in…

5 years ago

10,000-acre uncontained Kincade Fire burns unknown number of structures

More residents are being evacuated as the Kincade Fire burns out of control, damaging at least two structures in rural…

5 years ago

Mandatory evacuation expands in fast-moving Kincade Fire

The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office has ordered mandatory evacuations and warnings due to a fast-growing and out-of-control wildfire in northwest…

5 years ago

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