Pickett fire chars Napa wine country while predicted thunderstorms add to danger of Oregon’s Flat fire
Thousands of homes in northern California wine country and central Oregon were under evacuation orders as firefighting crews battled wildfires in dry, hot weather.
The Pickett fire, which had charred more than 6,800 acres of Napa county, was just 13% contained by Monday morning, according to the California department of forestry & fire protection, or Cal Fire.
About 150 people were ordered to leave their homes, while another 360 were under evacuation warnings as the fire threatened 500 structures near Aetna Springs and Pope Valley, 80 miles (127km) north of San Francisco, said a Cal Fire spokesperson, Jason Clay. Some evacuation orders were later lifted.
In Oregon, the Flat fire in Deschutes and Jefferson counties had about 4,000 homes under various levels of evacuation notice, including 1,000 with orders to leave immediately, according to the state fire marshal’s office.
