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"The 48,000-plus acre Atlas fire in Napa and Solano counties was 45% contained Friday — up from 3% the day earlier. The 44,000-acre Nuns fire in Sonoma County — an amalgamation of three recently merged fires north and west of Glen Ellen — was 5% contained.
The 34,000-acre Tubbs fire in Napa and Sonoma counties was 44% under control. The 34,000-acre Redwood and Potter fires in Mendocino County were 10% contained."

http://fox5sandiego.com/2017/10/13/almost-6000-buildings-destroyed-35-people-killed-in-norcal-fires/
 
Bad, bad, not looking good...

Firefighters face another devastating round of the low humidity, dry foliage and strong weekend wind gusts as they battle more than 20 blazes in the deadliest week of wildfires in California history. Red Flag Warnings, forecasting dangerous fire conditions, are in effect for much of Northern California as well as a stretch from near Santa Barbara to north of Los Angeles. At least 35 people have died and more than 9,000 firefighters are now tackling the wildfires that has devastated the state’s famed wine country. In just two days, the fires have produced as much pollution as all the vehicles in the state produce in a year.
 
In an ominous Friday-afternoon bulletin, the National Weather Service warned that winds are expected to increase dramatically Friday night throughout Northern California, noting that the dangerous conditions will continue “at least through Saturday.”
An enormous swath of the state is under a red flag warning.
“If any new fires start, they could spread extremely rapidly,” the NWS said. Dangerous winds and extremely dry “fuels” on the ground “also could cause problems with the current wildfires and the firefighters trying to suppress them,” the NWS noted.

[h=1]California wildfire death toll rises to 36 as dangerous winds return[/h]https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/10/12/just-ash-and-bone-at-least-29-dead-hundreds-still-missing-as-california-wildfires-rage/
 
4.0 earthquake hits fire-ravaged Northern California


The quake, first reported as a 3.7 magnitude quake by the U.S. Geological Survey, was quickly upgraded to a 4.0 magnitude tremor.

The quake was centered near Redwood Valley, the exact area where 34,000 acres have been burned since Sunday.

A medical caretaker from Clearlake, @ErichRino on Twitter said, "Just had a 3.7 quake in Redwood Valley. 25 miles away. Shook us here. Because things aren't bad enough right."
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http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/...rn-California-12277088.php?ipid=articlerecirc
 
Mandatory evacuations began in Sonoma Valley at 2:30AM, Saturday.
The local public radio is announcing it every few minutes.

Sonoma Sheriff Facebook

The following Sonoma Valley locations are now under Mandatory Evacuation:
7th St East from E Napa St to Denmark St.
North side of Denmark St from 7th St E to Napa Rd.
8th St E north of Denmark St.
E MacArthur St east of 7th St E
Quail Run Way, Hamblin Rd
Please evacuate area immediately. Check Sheriff's Office Facebook or Sonoma County EOC Hotline 707-565-3856 for more information or to obtain shelter locations.
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It is heartening to read about how the assistance for the firefighting airplanes are assembling. Here's an interesting article on a mobile set-up for air traffic control for the 300 operations daily of aerial fire planes:

http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2017/10/10/california-wildfire-air-attack/

"Typically, there is no air traffic control team at McClellan and the pilots simply communicate with each other when they need to land and depart.

The Tower Tech team is scheduling 12 air tankers on a loop, loading fire retardant, making drops and coming back to load up again. But the guys are also handling private planes here on business.

“This is a very convenient airport for them to land at, as opposed to international,” Gall said.

All together, they’re averaging 300 operations a day.


McClellan broke a record yesterday by pumping more than 266,000 gallons of fire retardant. At this point, Tower Tech isn’t sure how long they will be based at McClellan, but on Wednesday they are setting up another operation in Oroville."
 
MelmothTheLost said:
Here in the UK moorland fires can appear to be put out but the peat can smoulder underground for months before reigniting.
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I remember visiting Ireland and seeing peat being cut from the ground in bricks, dried out and used as fuel in heating stoves. A few B&Bs we visited used peat. It has a rather acrid smell, but I grew to like it.
 
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