October 2017 Northern California wildfires

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The October 2017 California wildfires are a series of wildfires that are burning across the state of California, United States. They broke out throughout Napa, Lake, Sonoma, Mendocino, and Butte counties during severe fire weather conditions effectively leading to a major red flag warning from much of the northern California area. Seventeen separate wildfires were reported during this time.^[1]

Due to the extreme conditions, shortly after the fires ignited, they rapidly grew to become massive full scale incidents spanning from 1,000 acres (4.0 square kilometres) to well over 20,000 acres (81 km²) each within a single day. By October 10, 115,000 acres (470 km²) in California were burning.^[2]^[3] In addition, the fires have destroyed an estimated 2000 structures and killed at least 17 people and hospitalized at least 100.^[4]^[1]^[5]^[3]

Weather[edit]

Days prior to the wildfires, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection had begun issuing red flag warnings throughout much of the northern California as conditions were expected to become extremely volatile, with winds expected to be gusting between 25 to 35 miles per hour (40 to 56 km/h) from the north to the south.^[6] By the evening of October 8, the Diablo winds were reported gusting up to 70 miles per hour (110 km/h) within the affected areas as over a dozen wildfires began to break out.^[7]

Disaster declaration[edit]

On October 9, 2017, California governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency for the counties of Napa, Sonoma, Yuba, Butte, Lake, Mendocino, Nevada, and Orange, and sent a letter to the White House requesting a major disaster declaration.^[5]^[8] President Donald Trump approved the disaster declaration on October 10.^[5] That evening, Brown issued an emergency declaration for Solano County as well.^[5] Surveying the region, representative Mike Thompson of Napa County stated, "I fully expect this will be the worst fire disaster in California history."^[5]

Fires[edit]

Name	County	Acres	Start Date	Status	Notes	Ref
Cherokee	Butte	7,500	October 8, 2017	40% contained		^[9]
Atlas	Napa	25,000	October 8, 2017	0% contained	2 fatalities	^[10]
Tubbs	Napa	27,000	October 8, 2017	0% contained		^[11]
Nuns	Sonoma	5,000	October 8, 2017	0% contained		^[12]
Patrick	Napa	3,000	October 8, 2017	0% contained		^[13]
La Porte	Butte	3,500	October 9, 2017	10% contained		^[14]
Cascade	Yuba	11,500	October 9, 2017	15% contained		^[15]
Redwood Complex	Mendocino	21,000	October 9, 2017	0% contained		^[16]
Sulphur	Lake	2,500	October 9, 2017	10% contained		^[17]
37 Fire	Sonoma	2,000	October 9, 2017	40% contained		^[18]

Cherokee Fire[edit]

The Cherokee Fire broke out on the evening of Sunday, October 8, near Oroville in Butte County just after 9 PM. Reportedly igniting near Cherokee Road, the fire quickly expanded from hundreds to thousands of acres within a few hours of burning as it threatened nearby Oroville and surrounding rural neighborhoods.^[19]

Tubbs Fire[edit]

The Tubbs Fire started near Tubbs lane in Calistoga on the evening of October 8, 2017 and has burned at least 27,000 acres.^[5] In the Fountain Grove area numerous homes, the historic Fountaingrove Inn, Round Barn, and a Hilton resort were destroyed.^[20]

References[edit]

^ Jump up to:a b Fuller, Thomas; Bromwich, Jonah Engel; Turkewitz, Julie (October 10, 2017). "Wildfires Sweep Across Northern California; 13 Are Dead". The New York Times. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
Jump up^ Ellis, Ralph; Sterling, Joe; Murphy, Paul; McLaughlin, Elliot (October 9, 2017). "Fast-moving wildfires kill 10, spur evacuations in Northern California". CNN. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
^ Jump up to:a b Park, Madison; Hanna, Jason; Almasy, Steve (October 10, 2017). "More evacuations ordered as deadly wildfires scorch Northern California". CNN. Retrieved October 10,2017.
Jump up^ Alex Johnson, Richie Duchon, Andrew Blankstein (October 10, 2017). "Northern California Wildfires Claim at Least 15 Lives as More Than 100K Acres Burn". NBC News. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
^ Jump up to:a b c d e f Rubenstein, Steve; Aleaziz, Hamed; Fimrite, Peter; Lyons, Jenna; Tucker, Jill (October 10, 2017). "Live updates: 17 dead in Wine Country fires as team searches for more bodies". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
Jump up^ "Red Flag Warnings". CAL FIRE. October 7, 2017. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
Jump up^ Lin II, Rong-Gong (October 9, 2017). "'Diablo winds' fuel widespread destruction from fires in California wine country". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
Jump up^ Wong, Julia Carrie; Gee, Alastair (October 9, 2017). "California wildfires: 10 killed in 'unprecedented' wine country blaze". The Guardian. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
Jump up^ "Cherokee Fire". CAL FIRE. Retrieved October 8, 2017.
Jump up^ "Atlas Fire". CAL FIRE. Retrieved October 8, 2017.
Jump up^ "Tubbs Fire". CAL FIRE. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
Jump up^ "Nuns Fire". CAL FIRE. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
Jump up^ "Patrick Fire". CAL FIRE. Retrieved October 8, 2017.
Jump up^ "La Porte Fire". CAL FIRE. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
Jump up^ "Cascade Fire". CAL FIRE. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
Jump up^ "Redwood Fire". CAL FIRE. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
Jump up^ "Sulphur Fire". CAL FIRE. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
Jump up^ "California Statewide Fire Summary". State of California. October 10, 2017.
Jump up^ "Crews Working Fast-Moving Fire in Oroville Near Cherokee Road". FOX 40. October 9, 2017. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
Jump up^ "Fire destroys Paradise Ridge Winery, Fountaingrove Inn, Willi’s Wine Bar, other local landmarks". Santa Rosa Press Democrat. October 9, 2017. Retrieved October 9, 2017.

External links[edit]

Interactive map of fires (San Francisco Chronicle)

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