I was watching this fire on local news tonight and it was on the border of Santa Cruz County and Santa Clara County near a 3700 foot peak in the Santa Cruz mountains and people were being evacuated. I watched several Drops from Tanker planes dropping fire suppression chemicals into the fire before the sun set. They were saying they expected the fire to go from about 450 acres to 1000 acres by sunrise.
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Wildfire
burning in the Santa Cruz Mountains on Monday, Sept. 26, 2016.
CLOVERDALE, Calif. -- A fast-moving wildfire prompted the evacuations of
300 homes in the Santa Cruz Mountains, while fire crews continued to
battle …
Fast-moving fire erupts in Santa Cruz Mountains
Wildfire burning in the Santa Cruz Mountains on Monday, Sept. 26, 2016.
CBS San Francisco
The blaze that started Monday on the southern edge of Santa Clara County quickly spread to 500 acres, threatening radio and television antennas, said California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection spokeswoman Stephanie Stuehler.
Initially, structures were threatened on Loma Chiquita and Loma Prieta including several homes and a number of cellular and communications transmission towers, but as the fire spread, upwards of 300 homes were threatened, CBS San Francisco reported.
A blaze that erupted amid hot, dry conditions and gusty winds in Sonoma County north of San Francisco forced the temporary evacuation of one of its 14 geothermal plants.
Brett Kerr, a spokesman for Calpine, which operates The Geysers geothermal complex, said evacuated employees were allowed to return to the plant, which started operating later Monday.
All employees were safe and accounted for and the flow of electricity from the facility was not disrupted, he said.
“Our remaining plants at the Geysers continue to operate normally and our team is constantly assessing the situation and will take all steps necessary to ensure the safety of employees and the preservation of our facilities,” Kerr said in an email.
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said the blaze near the small city Cloverdale has charred about 1,500 acres, or more than 2 square miles of timber and dry brush.
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