http://cdfdata.fire.ca.gov/incidents/incidents_details_info?incident_id=1226
VALLEY FIRE
Valley Fire Incident Information:
Last Updated: September 13, 2015 6:40 am
Date/Time Started: September 12, 2015 1:24 pm
Administrative Unit: CAL FIRE Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit
County: Lake County
Location: off High Valley Road and Bottle Rock Road in Cobb
Acres Burned - Containment: 40,000 acres
Evacuations: Mandatory evacuations –Hwy 29 (Kelseyville) at Hwy 175 south on Hwy 175 towards Cobb, Red Hills Road to Hwy 29, Hwy 29 X Hwy 175 south to Seigler Canyon Road (south side of Hwy 29), Hwy 29 Tubbs Lane (Calistoga, Napa County) to Hwy 29/Hwy 53 (Lower Lake, Lake County) Butts Canyon Road to Napa County Line, including Berreyssa Estates, Butts Canyon Road to Pope Valley. Communities of Cobb, Seigler Canyon, Loch Lomond, Middletown and Hidden Valley Lakes.
Advisory Evacuation:
Livermore Road, Summit Lake Road and north of the community of Angwin.
Evacuation Centers:
Kelseyville Presbyterian Church in Kelseyville and Napa County Fairgrounds in Calistoga..
Road Closures : Hwy 29 X Bottle Rock, Hwy 29 X Hwy 175 (Kelseyville), Hwy 29 X Red Hills Road, Hwy 29 X Seiglar Canyon Road and Hwy 29 from Hwy2
Injuries: 4
Cause: Under Investigation
Cooperating Agencies: CALFIRE, South Lake County Fire Protection District, CHP and Lake County Sheriffs Department
Total Fire Personnel: 1,000
Total Fire Engines: 125
Total Fire crews: 30
Total Airtankers: 4
Total Dozers: 16
Total Water Tenders: 15
Conditions: The Valley Incident has grown to 40,000 acres, 0% containment. The fire is burning in a south east direction from the Community of Cobb towards the communities of Middletown and Hidden Valley Lake. The fire is also burning north east from the Community of Cobb near the Community of Loch Lomond to Seiglar Canyon Road.
There have been an unconfirmed number of structures destroyed. There are over 5000 residence without power. During initial attack four members of Copter 104’s crew suffered burn injuries and were transported to an area burn center. Additional resources are on order and responding to this incident. See below for Mandatory Evacuations and Road Closures
LIVE on #Periscope:
Morning light over the devastation in #MiddleTown California #ValleyFire
Per the Scanner, sending a team “up to the Geysers”.
Would that be the incredibly expensive boondoggle called Geyser’s Geothermal Powerplant??