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Evacuations ordered as wildfire blazes California's famed Napa County

Firefighters are working to contain a blaze currently tearing through California's beloved wine country. The Pickett Fire ...

Evacuation ordered for California's Pickett Fire, more than 6,800 acres

Pickett Fire, which began on Aug. 21, has spread to more than 6,800 acres through Napa County, just east of Santa Rosa, as of ...

California wine country wildfire nears 7,000 acres, mandatory evacuations ordered

A fast-spreading wildfire in California's wine country sparked evacuation orders as firefighters battled the blaze through ...

2,000 firefighters battling California's Pickett Fire in Napa County as blaze grows to 6,800 acres

More than 2,000 fire personnel are on scene Monday as the Pickett Fire continued to burn in California's Napa County for a ...

Watch: Wildfire threatens California's famed wine country in Napa Valley

The Pickett Fire has scorched more than 6,800 acres (2,752 hectares), as a second major fire also burns in Oregon.
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When wildfires compromise drinking water, utilities lean on this professor’s advice

In 2017, the Tubbs Fire in Santa Rosa, California, exposed a new threat to public health: Wildfires can contaminate drinking water with toxic chemicals which federally mandated testing is not designed ...

Pickett Fire smoke threatens California vineyard: "Like licking an ashtray"

The Pickett Fire, the largest wildfire in the San Francisco Bay Area this year, started on Thursday and has burned about 10 ...

Wildfires spark across California as state is hit by heat wave, lightning storms

Wildfires have cropped up in different regions across California over the past several days as a record-breaking heat wave ...