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THE WEST FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2019 THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD — 3B Wind-driven fire forces hundreds to flee Northern California wine country By Jocelyn Gecker and Noah Berger Associated Press GEYSERVILLE, Ca- lif. — Hundreds of people were forced to fl ee Northern California wine country early Thursday as a wildfi re ex- ploded in size, fueled by dan- gerous winds that prompted utilities throughout the state to impose electrical blackouts to prevent fi res. Authorities ordered the entire community of Gey- serville to evacuate after the fi re in the Sonoma County wine region north of San Francisco grew to more than 15 square miles. The town has about 900 residents and is a popular stop for wine country tourists. Harry Bosworth, 81, who ignored initial warnings to leave, awoke before sunrise to fi nd a fi retruck and fi re- fi ghters in his driveway. “I could see the fi re com- ing, so we got the heck out of there,” Bosworth said. As he and his wife drove off, fl ames surrounded their driveway and their barn caught fi re. The blaze started around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday. The cause was not yet known, but strong, dry winds with gusts of up to 70 mph have affected much of the state, including that area. There were no immediate reports of any injuries. Winds slowed after day- break, helping fi refi ghters get a handle on the blaze, but it was still growing, said California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection spokesman Jonathan Cox. He did not have an estimate Justin Sullivan / Getty Images/TNS A home burns as the Kincade Fire moves through the Geyserville, California, area on Thursday. Fueled by high winds, the Kincade Fire has burned over 7,000 acres in a matter of hours and has prompted evacuations in the Geyserville area. on the number of buildings destroyed. The state’s largest electric utility, Pacifi c Gas & Elec- tric, announced Wednesday that it would begin rolling power outages, lasting for 48 hours, in parts of Northern California in anticipation of strong winds that could knock branches into power lines or topple them, spark- ing wildfi res. PG&E spokes- man Paul Doherty said parts of Geyserville lost power as scheduled Wednesday. PG&E fi led for bankruptcy protection in January as it faced billions of dollars of damages from wildfi res sparked by its equipment that have killed scores of people and destroyed thou- sands of homes over the past couple of years. The investor- owned energy company has set aside billions of dollars for insurance companies and wildfi re victims while facing a public backlash over its handling of the incidents. Other utilities also cut power Wednesday and Thursday to some residents in Southern California, where at least two fi res had erupted. Those blazes have remained small. Many Geyserville resi- dents, including Bosworth, lived through a series of fi res that tore through the same area two years ago, killing 44 people. Mary Ceglarski-Sherwin and her husband, Matt Ceglarski-Sherwin, lost their Santa Rosa rental home during one of those fi res and fl ed the fl ames again Thurs- day after Mary’s asthma awakened her around 2:30 a.m. Their power was still on when they grabbed their small dogs, some clothes and emergency kits they ac- quired during the last fi re. “I told him, ‘We gotta go, we gotta go; I can feel it changing,’” Mary Ceglarski- Sherwin told the Santa Rosa Press-Democrat. “By the time we got out there, we could feel the heat and see the smoke.’” The fi re also threatened some of the area’s famed wineries. The Francis Ford Coppola Winery posted on Facebook that its property was without power but “not currently in danger.” The Robert Young Estate Winery said in an 8 a.m. post that “there is fi re on our proper- ty” affecting brush and pas- ture areas but not structures or people. The nearby town of Healdsburg set up a shelter for evacuees in a community center that can accommo- date pets and has mental health counselors available, Mayor David Hagele said. “Anything we can do to help our neighbors is a great help,” he said. Gov. Gavin Newsom an- nounced that the state had secured a grant from the Federal Emergency Manage- ment Agency to help fi ght the fi re. He did not say how money the state would get. Newsom, a Democrat, is among those who have criticized PG&E and other utilities for the rolling black- outs and their handling of wildfi re dangers. PG&E’s rolling power out- ages that started Wednesday stretched from the Sierra foothills in the northeast to portions of the San Francisco Bay Area, affecting a half- million people — or nearly 180,000 customers. PG&E warned that another round of outages could occur over the weekend. In Southern California, hot and dry Santa Ana winds prompted Southern California Edison to cut power to more than 15,000 customers. The utility was considering additional power cuts to more than 286,000 customers. The San Diego Gas & Electric utility said it cut power to about 328 custom- ers. 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