Cal Fire crews held acreage and containment of the Point Fire steady Monday evening as Sonoma County officials declared a state of emergency.
As crew worked to increase containment of the Point Fire Monday, one resident was patrolling the fire lines and keeping evacuated neighbors informed about their homes.'Through our chief Marshall Turberville, we've done so much preparation that the firefighters coming up here felt pretty confident that they could hold the fire to the Mountain View Ranch Road. And they did,' explained area resident Fred Peterson.
When the evacuation order came down Sunday, Peterson stayed behind to watch firefighters stop the flames just across the street from his house.So he spent the day doing his own patrolling along the fire line, keeping evacuated neighbors informed of what was going on, and even helping mark water sources in case they're needed by fire crews.'The fire is basically just right over this ridge,' Paul Hawley said from his winery property. 'It came down off of Bradford Mountain.
'If the barrels get up to 80°,' he explained. 'You get barnyard kinds of characters so it's really important to store the wine and keep it cool all the time.'Cal Fire spent the day trying to get better containment around the Point Fire, hitting hot spots that popped up along the valley. This is the first major fire up in the area inn four years.
The 2020 Walbridge fire burned in almost the exact same area, threatening the very same homes and vineyards around Dry Creek Valley.'Yeah, it looks like it looks like this fire came right along the burn scar of the last fire,' Paul Hawley said. So after several years, fire has returned with a sudden reminder that two good rainy seasons do not eliminate the threat of wildfire.
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