Cal Fire SLO deploys firefighters to help battle Kincade fire in Northern California
Cal Fire SLO deployed some local firefighters to help battle a fire in Northern California Thursday morning.
The fire broke out at about 9:24 Wednesday night in Geyserville an unincorporated area in Sonoma County which is about 80 miles north of San Francisco.
Cal Fire reported Thursday morning that The Kincade Fire has scorched 10,000 acres, threatened 500 homes and caused mandatory evacuation orders.
Cal Fire SLO tweeted Thursday morning that two Battalion chiefs that are part of IMT-6 were sent up North.
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The Kincade fire broke out the same day that Pacific Gas & Electric started another round of intentional power shutoffs to prevent its equipment from sparking wildfires. The company says it’s burning near the outage footprint in Sonoma County.
The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Department called this a ” fast moving fire” which burned up to 5,000 acres in just three hours after it erupted.
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