California wildfires torch 10,000 acres in a single day

September 28, 2020 1:43 PM CDT By Climate Nexus
California wildfires torch 10,000 acres in a single day
Fire continues to rage through California. | Noah Berger/AP

Just days after a new report detailed the “unequivocal and pervasive role” climate change plays in the increased frequency and intensity of wildfires, new fires burned 10,000 acres on Sunday as a “dome” of hot, dry air over Northern California created ideal fire conditions over the weekend.

In Napa County, the Glass Fire burned more than 2,500 acres, forcing at least 2,000 residents and a hospital to evacuate and threatening about 2,200 structures.

The fire tore through vineyards and jumped two rivers Sunday evening and was zero percent contained as of late Sunday night.

“It’s a cremation,” Craig Battuello, whose family has raised grapes in St. Helena for more than a century, told KPIX.

As of Monday morning, the Shady and Boysen Fires, burning near the Sonoma-Napa county line were believed to be spot fires from the Glass Fire.

Further north, the Zogg Fire had burned 7,000 acres as of Sunday evening.

Electricity will be shut off for 65,000 Northern California customers in 16 counties to prevent the spread of the fires.

This article was reposted from Ecowatch.

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