{"id":161867,"date":"2025-08-24T23:18:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T23:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wildfires-in-california-and-oregon-grow-prompting-evacuations-and-warnings-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2025-08-24T23:18:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T23:18:01","slug":"wildfires-in-california-and-oregon-grow-prompting-evacuations-and-warnings-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wildfires-in-california-and-oregon-grow-prompting-evacuations-and-warnings-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildfires in California and Oregon grow, prompting evacuations and warnings – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Firefighters battle blazes amid dry, hot weather as fires in Napa county and Deschutes and Jefferson counties spread
Wildfires in California wine country and central Oregon grew overnight, prompting hundreds of evacuations as firefighters worked on Sunday to try to contain the blazes amid dry, hot weather.
The Pickett Fire in Napa county had grown to more than 10 sq miles (26 sq km) and was 11% contained as of early Sunday, according to the California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection.
About 190 people were ordered to leave their homes, while another 360 were under evacuation warnings as the fire threatened about 500 structures near Aetna Springs and Pope Valley, said Jason Clay, spokesman for Calfire Sonoma Lake-Napa Unit.
More than 1,230 firefighters backed by 10 helicopters were battling the fire, which began Thursday after a week of extremely hot weather. Air assets have also been deployed, including multiple helicopters for targeted water drops and air tankers for fire retardant.
The cause of the fire was still under investigation.
According to <\/a>Cal Fire, there has been no confirmation of structures damages and or destroyed, although damage assessment remains ongoing. Because the fire is burning in rugged terrain, plus a weather forecast over next few days with hot and dry conditions, it will make sustained efforts \u201ccrucial for containment\u201d.
An air quality alert has been put in place through multiple counties including Napa, Sonoma and Solano until Monday.
\u201cIf possible, and temperatures allow, stay inside with windows and doors closed until smoke levels subside. Residents can also reduce their exposure to smoke by setting their car vent systems to re-circulate to prevent outside air from moving inside. The use of indoor air filtration or going to a Clean Air Center or other location with filtered air, such as a library or mall, can also help reduce smoke exposure,\u201d the Bay Area Air District said <\/a>on Saturday.
Residents of the western United States have been sweltering in a heat wave that hospitalized some people, with temperatures forecast to hit dangerous levels throughout the weekend in Washington, Oregon, southern California, Nevada and Arizona.
Clay said the weather has moderated since the fire broke out, with Sunday\u2019s high expected to be 94F (34C). But as the day goes on, humidity levels were expected to drop and the winds to pick up in the afternoon.
\u201cThat\u2019s been a driving factor in the afternoons since we\u2019ve seen the fire activity pick up for the last three days,\u201d Clay said, adding that \u201csupport from all up and down California has been critical to our efforts\u201d.
The fire began in the same area as the much larger Glass Fire in 2020, which crossed into Sonoma county and eventually burned about 105 sq miles (272 sq km) and more than 1,500 structures.
That fire was driven by wind, while the current fire is fueled by dry vegetation on steep slopes \u2013 some of it dead and downed trees left over from the Glass Fire and some of it grass and brush that grew back and then dried out again, said Clay.
In Oregon, the Flat Fire in Deschutes and Jefferson counties had grown to almost 34 sq miles (88 sq km), with no containment, and threatened nearly 4,000 homes, according to the state Fire Marshal\u2019s Office. About 10,000 people were under some sort of evacuation notice.
The fire began Thursday night and grew quickly amid hot, gusty conditions. Fire officials were keeping an eye on isolated thunderstorms in Southern Oregon that could drift north on Sunday, spokesman Chris Schimmer said in a video posted to Facebook.
In a Sunday update, Central Oregon Fire Info (Cofi) said that night shift crew were able to establish initial lines along the southern head of the fire and made additional progress along portions of the north and wester perimeter of the fire.
Cofi added that crew were also able to burnout unburnt vegetation in the Carcass Creek area to slow the fire\u2019s spread.
We were able to cut in some rough breaks around the fire to stop the spread around key areas and homes,\u201d said <\/a>Eric Perkins, Oregon\u2019s Department of Forestry Complex Incident Management Team 3 operations section chief.
\u201cWe still have a lot of work ahead of us to improve lines and tie them together,\u201d he added.
Sunday\u2019s conditions of fighting fires in Oregon include an extreme heat warning, as well as low relative humidities, an unstable air mass as well as temperatures expected to reach triple digits.
\u201cToday we\u2019re looking much better, we have high hopes that we can stop the forward progression of this fire,\u201d Perkins said<\/a> in a Facebook video, adding: \u201cHaving said that, we are in a fire fight and the weather\u2019s not that favorable \u2026 It\u2019s more favorable for the fire than the firefighters today.\u201d
Temporary flight restrictions from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have been put in place across the fire area, with authorities warning that all illegal drone use will be reported to law enforcement.
Meanwhile, air quality alerts have been issued<\/a> across multiple communities in central Oregon, including Beaver Marsh, Bend, Crescent, Deschutes River Woods, La Pine, Madras, Prineville, Redville, Silver Lake, Sunrise and Three River.
According to IQAir, current air quality levels ranged between 150 and 200, which fall into the categories of unhealthy to very unhealthy conditions for residents.
Although it\u2019s difficult to directly tie a single fire or weather event directly to climate change, scientists say human-caused warming from burning fossil fuels like coal and gas is causing more intense heatwaves and droughts, which in turn set the stage for more destructive wildfires.<\/p>\n

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