Hope Fades for Fire-Dampening Rainfall in Napa, Sonoma Counties
The Bay Area’s hopes for weekend rains to help snuff the Glass Fire and dampen the parched hills seem to be evaporating.
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Rain Finally Expected Across Northern California. How Much Will It Help With Fires?
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /The Sacramento Beeby Michael McGoughWe need it. We need it really, really badly. With wildfire after wildfire battering California since late summer, burning record acreage and killing at least 30 people in less than two months, weather experts have repeatedly said conditions conducive to critical fire risk probably won’t begin to subside until the first significant rainfall of autumn.
Bay Area Wildfires: Glass Fire Near Santa Rosa Explodes Overnight, Prompts Evacuation Orders
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /The Mercury Newsby Evan WebeckHomes on the eastern edge of Santa Rosa were under assault early Monday morning and residents had been ordered to flee from the flames of a fast-burning fire that broke out Sunday — the largest in the Bay Area and one of the 27 fires currently burning around California. The Glass Fire swelled to 11,000 acres with zero containment by Monday morning, according to CalFire — more than 8,000 new acres burned overnight.
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