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North Bay wildfires explode into 11,000-acre monster devouring homes

Amy Graff

Propelled by high winds, wildfires in Napa and Sonoma are tearing through a parched landscape at an alarming rate and had torn through 11,000 acres, devoured dozens of homes and triggered thousands of evacuations in a little over 24 hours.

The Glass Fire was first reported as a 20-acre blaze at 4 a.m. Sunday on the 200 block of North Fork Crystal Springs Road in Deer Park.

Two new blazes, believed to be spot fires of the Glass Fire, were reported by officials near the Napa-Sonoma county line: The Shady Fire and Boysen Fire, west of St. Helena.

Flames destroyed several homes in eastern Santa Rosa's Skyhawk neighborhood and jumped Highway 12 into Oakmont, triggering the senior community of Oakmont to evacuate.

Dozens of evacuation orders are in effect but the most recent ones include mandatory evacuations from the city of Santa Rosa for the entirety of the Northeast 2 and Northeast 3/Middle Rincon zones as the Shady fire continues to threaten the eastern part of the city.

Northeast 2 includes all areas east of Brush Creek Road, north of Montecito Boulevard, west of Calistoga road and south of the city boundary north of Badger Road.

Northeast 3/Middle Rincon includes all areas east of Mission Boulevard, north of Highway 12, south of Montecito Boulevard and west of Calistoga Road.