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The fire came suddenly, giving people around Vacaville little time to gather what they could and run
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Official updates
Wildfire for WILLIAMS, CA Residents are advised that there is an IMMEDIATE threat to life and property from a wildfire, and are urged to evacuate ...
40 mins ago · Lake County CA Sheriff's Department via Everbridge
Wildfire for Mariposa County, CA Moccasin Fire Update 8am 8/21/20. MOCCASIN FIRE - href="https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/ 2020/8/20/moc-fire/" > https://www.fire.ca .gov/incidents/2020/8/20/moc-fire/ > ...
2 hours ago · Mariposa County Sheriff's Office via Everbridge
Wildfire for Mariposa County, CA MOCCASIN FIRE- Fire Advisement Coulterville 49N area. Moccasin Fire- Fire Advisement for Coulterville Hwy 49 N. ... A Fire Advisement has been issued for the following areas ...
13 hours ago · Mariposa County Sheriff's Office via Everbridge
Evacuation Immediate for Scotts Valley, CA All of Scotts Valley, west of Highway 17, has now upgraded to a FIRE EVACUATION ORDER ... Residents will not be allowed back into the city until it is deemed safe.
14 hours ago · Scotts Valley Police Department via Everbridge
Wildfire for Mariposa County, CA MOCCASIN FIRE- FIRE ADVISEMENT GREELEY HILL ... A Fire Advisement has been issued for the following areas ... is NOT a Mandatory Evacuation, this is an advisement only of fire ...
14 hours ago · Mariposa County Sheriff's Office via Everbridge
Forest Fire for Napa County, CA Niebaum Ln Manley Ln Beerstecher Rd Bella Oaks Ln Thanks to the strong work of firefighters and deputies, this fire named 'Mondavi Fire' has been contained and the evacuation ...
19 hours ago · Napa County OES via Everbridge
Evacuation Immediate for VERNALIS, CA SCU Lightning Complex Evacuation - WARNING. An evacuation WARNING has been issued by San Joaquin Authorities for portions of unincorporated San Joaquin Co. (does NOT include ...
Wildfire for Napa County, CA All evacuation orders and warnings remain in place ... CalFIRE provides twice daily incident updates, typically at 8:00 AM and 7:00 PM ...
22 hours ago · Napa County OES via Everbridge
Wildfire for Guerneville, CA ... Warning for the Walbridge Fire (Fire 13-4) ... Be advised if you live in this area you may be ordered to evacuate soon ... If you feel you are in danger please evacuate now ...
2 days ago · Sonoma County Sheriff's Office via Everbridge
Forest Fire for Sonoma County, CA Wild Fire Evacuation Warning for Austin Creek Area. WildFire Evacuation Warning has been issued for North of Austin Creek ... If you’re in the area and feel unsafe, evacuate ...
3 days ago · Sonoma County Sheriff's Office via Everbridge
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The fire came suddenly, giving people around Vacaville little time to gather what they could and run
Vacaville, California (CNN)In the middle of the night, the screaming woke them, warning they didn't have much time. The fire was coming.
Residents in and around Vacaville, in Northern California, grabbed their treasures and got out.
In some cases, it was an album of cherished photos. One woman collected her late father's ashes and her jewelry box. Some snatched up their pets. Others took nothing and fled as fast as they could.
Then, once away and safe, came the agonizing wait for news about their homes, threatened this week by the LNU Lightning Complex fires, which by early Friday had torched 215,000 acres. Across the state, 360 recent fires -- most sparked by lightning and spread due to high temperatures, inaccessible terrain and limited resources -- have destroyed or damaged 660 structures.
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A woman named Laura, who didn't want to give her last name, said she learned Thursday from neighbors around Vacaville that her home was safe. But her nerves were still rattled from having to evacuate at 2:30 in the morning.
Flames from the LNU Lightning Complex fires consume a home Wednesday in Vacaville, California.
"Our next-door neighbor pounded on the door. It was the scariest thing ever, " she told CNN as she waited at the Ulatis Community Center in Vacaville. "You don't know what to grab. I got a little jewelry box and my Dad's ashes."
Not everyone knew of the fate of their homes. They bided their time in the parking lot despite the heat.
Cheryl Jarvis didn't know whether she still had a house.
Jarvis didn't want to go inside the shelter and potentially put herself or her daughter at risk for contracting the coronavirus, she said. Besides, the parking lot had become something of a staging area for motor homes. Children rode bikes and neighbors made breakfast burritos on a portable grill.
In the center, there were just too many people, Jarvis said, so they slept in the back of her Toyota Prius.
"Not only are we dealing with Covid but with also the heat and now the fires," she said. "Where's the light at the end of the tunnel?"
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Flames from the Hennessy Fire consume a cabin at the Nichelini Family Winery in Napa County.
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Tony Leonardini works on a spot fire as thunderstorm winds fan the Hennessy Fire in Napa County on Monday, August 17.
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Smoke from the Grizzly Creek Fire is thick in Glenwood Canyon, near Glenwood Springs, Colorado, on Sunday, August 16.
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Kathy Mathison looks at the still-smoldering wildfire that, just a day before, came within several feet of her home in Bend, Oregon.
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Firefighters look at smoke and flames rising from the Ranch2 Fire in the San Gabriel Mountains, east of Los Angeles, on Friday, August 14.
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A helicopter makes a water drop over the Ranch2 Fire in Azusa, California, on Thursday, August 13.
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A car is charred by the Lake Fire near Lake Hughes, 60 miles north of Los Angeles, on August 13.
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A couple watches the Ranch2 Fire from a distance on August 13.
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A firefighter crew works in Lake Hughes on August 13.
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The Lake Fire burns a home in Angeles National Forest on August 13.
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Flames and smoke from the Lake Fire rise on Wednesday, August 12.
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A firefighter works against the Lake Fire on August 12.
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Firefighters make an escape plan as the Lake Fire burns a hillside on August 12.
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A tanker makes a drop on the Lake Fire on August 12.
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A plume of smoke rises from the Lake Fire on August 12.
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Fire crews work to battle the Grizzly Creek Fire near Glenwood Springs, Colorado, on Tuesday, August 11.
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A firefighter battles flames in Santa Cruz County, California, on Thursday, August 20.
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Scorched homes and vehicles are seen in the Spanish Flat Mobile Villa in Napa County, California, on August 20.
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Peter Koleckar reacts after seeing multiple homes burned in his neighborhood in Bonny Doon, California, on August 20.
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A forest burns in Bonny Doon on August 20.
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A man looks at a tree blocking his way while attempting to go home after a fire ravaged Vacaville, California, on August 20.
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A melted, plastic fence lies on the charred ground after fire swept through Vacaville on August 20.
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Sarah Hawkins searches through rubble after her Vacaville home was destroyed on August 20.
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Fire crews maintain a backburn to control the River Fire near the Las Palmas neighborhood in Salinas, California, on Wednesday, August 19.
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Gina Santos cries in her car after evacuating Vacaville on August 19.
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People herd cows down Pleasants Valley Road in Vacaville on August 19.
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Flames from the Lightning Complex fires consume a home in Napa County, California, on August 19.
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Embers burn along a hillside above Lake Berryessa as the LNU Lightning Complex fires tear through Napa County, California, on Tuesday, August 18. This image was taken with a long exposure.
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A resident runs into a home to save a dog while flames from the Hennessy Fire close in near Lake Berryessa on August 18.
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A home burns as the LNU Lightning Complex fires tear through the Spanish Flat community in Napa County on August 18.
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An air tanker drops retardant on fires in the Spanish Flat community of Napa County on August 18.
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Flames from the Hennessy Fire consume a cabin at the Nichelini Family Winery in Napa County.
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Tony Leonardini works on a spot fire as thunderstorm winds fan the Hennessy Fire in Napa County on Monday, August 17.
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Smoke from the Grizzly Creek Fire is thick in Glenwood Canyon, near Glenwood Springs, Colorado, on Sunday, August 16.
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Kathy Mathison looks at the still-smoldering wildfire that, just a day before, came within several feet of her home in Bend, Oregon.
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Firefighters look at smoke and flames rising from the Ranch2 Fire in the San Gabriel Mountains, east of Los Angeles, on Friday, August 14.
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A helicopter makes a water drop over the Ranch2 Fire in Azusa, California, on Thursday, August 13.
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A car is charred by the Lake Fire near Lake Hughes, 60 miles north of Los Angeles, on August 13.
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A couple watches the Ranch2 Fire from a distance on August 13.
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A firefighter crew works in Lake Hughes on August 13.
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The Lake Fire burns a home in Angeles National Forest on August 13.
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Flames and smoke from the Lake Fire rise on Wednesday, August 12.
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A firefighter works against the Lake Fire on August 12.
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Firefighters make an escape plan as the Lake Fire burns a hillside on August 12.
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A tanker makes a drop on the Lake Fire on August 12.
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A plume of smoke rises from the Lake Fire on August 12.
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Fire crews work to battle the Grizzly Creek Fire near Glenwood Springs, Colorado, on Tuesday, August 11.
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A firefighter battles flames in Santa Cruz County, California, on Thursday, August 20.
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Scorched homes and vehicles are seen in the Spanish Flat Mobile Villa in Napa County, California, on August 20.
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Peter Koleckar reacts after seeing multiple homes burned in his neighborhood in Bonny Doon, California, on August 20.
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A forest burns in Bonny Doon on August 20.
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A man looks at a tree blocking his way while attempting to go home after a fire ravaged Vacaville, California, on August 20.
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A melted, plastic fence lies on the charred ground after fire swept through Vacaville on August 20.
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Sarah Hawkins searches through rubble after her Vacaville home was destroyed on August 20.
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Fire crews maintain a backburn to control the River Fire near the Las Palmas neighborhood in Salinas, California, on Wednesday, August 19.
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Gina Santos cries in her car after evacuating Vacaville on August 19.
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People herd cows down Pleasants Valley Road in Vacaville on August 19.
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Flames from the Lightning Complex fires consume a home in Napa County, California, on August 19.
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Embers burn along a hillside above Lake Berryessa as the LNU Lightning Complex fires tear through Napa County, California, on Tuesday, August 18. This image was taken with a long exposure.
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A resident runs into a home to save a dog while flames from the Hennessy Fire close in near Lake Berryessa on August 18.
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A home burns as the LNU Lightning Complex fires tear through the Spanish Flat community in Napa County on August 18.
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An air tanker drops retardant on fires in the Spanish Flat community of Napa County on August 18.
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Flames from the Hennessy Fire consume a cabin at the Nichelini Family Winery in Napa County.
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'They just had to watch it burn'
Marci and Ken Albers lost their house in Vacaville.
"(Firefighters) couldn't do anything, they just had to watch it burn," Marci said Wednesday. "They had no trucks to take out there."
The Albers evacuated around 2:30 a.m. with only what they were wearing. It would have been hard to find anything else, Marci Albers said, because the power was out.
"The fire was coming our way," Ken Albers said. "There was nothing I could do."
The fire chief, who was helping direct the traffic out of their neighborhood, told them there were no trucks to battle this blaze because they were all being used to fight a fire in Lake Berryessa, the Albers said.
A home burns Wednesday in Vacaville, California.
They first went to a friend's house but had to evacuate from there, too, the couple said. They'd thought their house would make it, Marci Albers said.
"I'm in shock. I can't even think straight," she said, while holding one of the family dogs. "We had 30 years of stuff in that house."
After registering at the shelter, the Albers planned to stay at a hotel for one night, then maybe with a friend. As for the long term, Ken Albers didn't know what they were going to do, he said.
'I can't go back in right now'
Some people weren't able to gather up their pets before they fled.
Shawnee Whaley got her mother but left behind six cats, she told CNN affiliate KOVR.
Shawnee Whaley sits in the Red Cross Shelter at the Ulatis Cultural Center.
"It's sad: You want to take them, but you're not prepared," she told the Sacramento-based station. "Where is the carrier, where is the food? No! Where is your mother, get your mother and let's go. And so, that is what I was concerned with."
She also didn't know what became of her house.
"It's sad; we were really worried earlier, really worried," she said.
Margaret Salvador and her husband escaped with their trailer and a collection of family photographs, she told CNN affiliate KTXL.
"The rest of the stuff is just stuff," Salvador said outside the Ulatis Community Center. "This is validation of our lives, something for the kids."
Another evacuee, Jill Simmons, and her husband came home after the overnight evacuation only to be chased from their home by fire a second time, she told KTXL.
They arrived at the shelter with their cat, but the site was only allowing service animals. So, they slept in a parking lot in their minivan.
"It's not fun, for sure. I've never had the experience before, and I don't want to," Simmons said.
The first evacuation wasn't as hurried as the second one, so she already had a few things packed when they left, she said.
"I didn't really bring a whole lot of things," she told the station. "I hope that I have enough."
Some residents watched the smoke from their neighborhood from a distance.
Firefighters monitor flames Wednesday as they approach a home in the valley area of Vacaville, California.
Mark Velligan watched a plume where his house is, he told CNN affiliate KPIX.
"I had the sprinklers going on on the roof of my house this morning when I went back in. But I can't go back in right now," he told the San Francisco station as he waited at an evacuation center at Pescadero High School.
Greg Valentine got his family out and stayed behind so he could see for himself what was going on, he told KOVR. He watched a blaze from the Paradise Valley Crest neighborhood in Fairfield.
Valentine isn't the type of person who panics, he said. But knowing his house might burn worried him.
CNN's Dan Simon reported from Vacaville and CNN's Steve Almasy reported and wrote in Atlanta. CNN's Anna-Maja Rappard contributed to this report.
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