Thousands Told To Evacuate As Fire Blazes In Northern California Wine Country
Posted on AllSides October 24th, 2019
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About 2,000 people were told to evacuate the area where a large fire is burning in Northern California’s Sonoma County on Thursday, as the state remained under high alert for dangerous fire weather.
The Kincade Fire, which started late Wednesday and spread rapidly overnight, had reached more than 10,000 acres and was 0% contained by Thursday afternoon, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire).
Mandatory evacuations were ordered for the entire town of Geyserville, a community of about 900 residents in the region’s...
