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A lightning spark wildfire, burning mostly in wilderness areas of seven Northern California counties, grew to more than 1 million acres Monday -- the largest fire in California state history and spanning an area equal to the size of the state of Rhode Island.
As members of the Lamborn Family Vineyards drove up Howell Mountains Saturday, their hearts sank as they saw the widespread damage the Glass Fire has left in its wake.
Wildfires across California have burned "well over" 4 million acres so far this year with about two months remaining in the fire season.
While hopes soared as local meteorologists brought word of possible showers next weekend for the San Francisco Bay Area, battle-hardened Cal Fire officials were not quite as optimistic that the weather front will bring an end to the massive Glass Fire and other blazes raging across the region.
Evacuations continue as the Glass Fire continues to blaze up the Napa Valley and now the clearing air may actually cause problems for firefighters.
The Glass Fire continued its march toward Lake County Sunday, triggering new evacuation orders for residents living in northern Napa County.
As the Glass Fire has raged through the picturesque landscape of wine country, fire crews have answered the call to battle blaze from across California, the nation and the globe.
The Glass Fire has left a wide path destruction in Sonoma and Napa counties, destroying at least 297 homes and forcing roughly 52,000 residents to evacuate. The help give aid to the fire victims, volunteers have begun distributing food and clothing.
A prayer service in Napa was held for evacuees of the Glass Fire Saturday as they struggled to deal with the disruption in their lives.
An intense air war was waged on the north edge of the Glass Fire burn zone Saturday, allowing weary firefighters to extend containment of the massive blaze burning in Sonoma and Napa counties to 15 percent before red flag fire conditions settled in for the night.
Two inmate firefighters from the state prison system were injured late Friday while battling the Zogg Fire in the rugged, rural terrain in Shasta County, Cal Fire officials said.
After a day of calmer than expected winds, and the Red Flag Warning set to expire Saturday, tensions are beginning to ease in the fire-threatened town of Angwin.
A young mountain lion cub is receiving treatment at the Oakland Zoo for severe burns suffered during the Zogg Fire burning in far Northern California, officials said.
Smoke from the Glass Fire and other Northern California wildfires continued to blanket the Bay Area Friday, sending air quality index readings into the "unhealthy" category.
An intense firefight evolved overnight along a stretch of Highway 29 north of Calistoga as the Glass Fire jumped the freeway and continued its advance into neighborhoods on the outskirts of town, burning at least one home and threatening dozens of others as the blaze expanded its path of destruction.
It was a labor love for winemaker Dario Sattui, building and expanding his unique medieval castle inspired winery Castello di Amorosa. But in a matter of hours, flames from the Glass Fire had devastated the winery compound.
The Glass Fire has not reached the main part of Calistoga as firefighters are doing everything they can to defend it and other towns along Highway 29 which runs through the heart of the Napa Valley wine country.
The Glass Fire burning in Napa and Sonoma counties jumped containment lines and led to new evacuations as well as additional burned homes and structures as firefighter worked through extreme conditions Thursday.
It was another day of watching, waiting, and hoping in the areas around Calistoga Thursday as the Glass Fire continued to threaten homes from multiple directions.
Authorities in Shasta County on Thursday afternoon identified two of the four victims who have died in the Zogg Fire since it started on Sunday.
A Spare the Air alert has been extended through Tuesday, as smoke from the Glass Fire and other wildfires is expected to continue to blanket the Bay Area.
A new vegetation fire was reported in Napa County near the communities of Oakville and Yountville Thursday.
The Glass Fire roared through the steep, rugged canyons near Angwin early Wednesday while an army of weary firefighters, on the brink of exhaustion from nearly two months of intense firefights in Northern California, battled to keep the blaze from spilling over Highway 29.
Whether they were technically allowed to or not, this was the day many people returned home on the eastern edge of Santa Rosa.
Images of firefighters saving a U.S. flag from a burning building are receiving accolades online and the firefighters being hailed as heroes as they labored to stop the massive Glass Fire complex burning in Napa and Sonoma Counties.
