There is a lot of fuel for grass fires right now thanks to a wet first half of the year.
SANTA ROSA -- Although it has been years since devastating wildfires ripped through the North Bay and Wine Country, reducing communities to rubble, the threat and feelings that come with fire season are always top of mind as summer rolls around.'During the last fire season we had evacuees at our house, we have family that lost a house. We're very familiar with fire season,' said Stacy Wallace.As of this week, the Santa Rosa Fire Department declared fire season officially here.
That's what we expected -- with how much rainfall we had and how thick the grasses grew -- and how quickly they dried out,' Lowenthal said. 'Fortunately, that rain is definitely benefitting our heavier fuels -- our brush and timber -- that still have that fuel moisture in them. So, it doesn't make them as receptive to burning as the grass is right now. But, the grasses are definitely the concern this weekend.
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