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4A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2017 Wildfires ravage Northern California By JEFF CHIU and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press SANTA ROSA, Calif. — An onslaught of wildfires across a wide swath of Northern California broke out almost simultaneously then grew exponentially, swallowing up proper- ties from wineries to trailer parks and tearing through both tiny rural towns and urban subdivisions. Authorities said that at least 11 peo- ple are dead, with 100 injured, and as many as 1,500 homes and businesses have been destroyed. All three figures were expected to surge in the coming days as more information is reported. A new blaze is threatening homes near the Oakmont area of Santa Rosa, a city already battling unforgiving wildfires. Taken as a group, the fires are already among the deadliest in Cali- fornia history. Residents who gathered at emer- gency shelters and grocery stores said they were shocked by the speed and ferocity of the flames. They recalled all the possessions they had left behind and were lost. “All that good stuff, I’m never going to see it again,” said Jeff Okrep- kie, who fled his neighborhood in Santa Rosa knowing it was probably the last time he would see his home of the past five years standing. His worst fears were confirmed Monday, when a friend sent him a photo of what was left: a smoldering heap of burnt metal and debris. Some of the largest of the 14 blazes burning over a 200-mile region were in Napa and Sonoma counties, home to dozens of wineries that attract tour- ists from around the world. They sent smoke as far south as San Francisco, about 60 miles away. Sonoma County said it has received more than 100 missing-person reports as family and friends scramble to locate loved ones. The reports have come via calls to a hotline the county set up for the missing, according to Scott Alonso, communications director for Sonoma County. It’s possible that many or most of the missing are safe but simply can’t be reached because of the wide- spread loss of cell service and other communications. Much of the damage was in Santa Rosa, a far larger and more devel- oped city than usually finds itself at the mercy of a wildfire. The city is home to 175,000 residents, including both the wine-country wealthy and the working class. AP Photo/Jeff Chiu Michael Pond, left, looks through ashes as his wife Kristine, center, gets a hug from Zack Thurston, their daughter’s boyfriend, while they search the remains of their home destroyed by fires in Santa Rosa, Calif. AP Photo/Ben Margot Fire burns from an open gas valve near the pool area at the Journey’s End trailer park in Santa Rosa, Ca- lif., after a wildfire destroyed nearly all of the rough- ly 160 units in the park for residents over age 55. The flames were unforgiving to both groups. Hundreds of homes of all sizes were leveled by flames so hot they melted the glass off of cars and turned aluminum wheels into liquid. Former San Francisco Giants pitcher Noah Lowry, who now runs an outdoor sporting goods store in Santa Rosa, was forced to flee in minutes along with his wife, two daughters, and a son just over 2 weeks old. “I can’t shake hearing people scream in terror as the flames barreled down on us,” Lowry said. His family and another evacuat- ing with them tried to take U.S. 101 to evacuate but found it blocked by AP Photo/Jeff Chiu Smoke and flames from fire at the Hilton Sonoma Wine Country hotel in Santa Rosa, Calif. flames, and had to take country roads to get to the family friends who took them in. A 90-mile stretch of the highway is framed by the flames and a major con- cern overnight, said Brad Alexander, a spokesman for the California Office of Emergency Services. Highway 12, which winds through the heart of wine country, was also rendered unusable by the flames. “Sonoma and Napa counties have been hit very hard,” Alexander said. The ferocity of the flames forced authorities to focus primarily on get- ting people out safely, even if it meant abandoning structures to the fire. Firefighters rushed to a state home for the severely disabled when flames reached one side of the cen- ter’s sprawling campus in the historic Sonoma County town of Glen Ellen. Crews got the more than 200 peo- ple from the threatened buildings, one firefighter said, as flames closed within a few dozen feet. Fires from ruptured gas lines dot- ted the smoky landscapes of black- ened Santa Rosa hillsides. Fire trucks raced by smoldering roadside land- scaping in search of higher priorities. The flames were fickle in some corners of the city. One hillside home remained unscathed while a dozen surrounding it were destroyed. Kim Hoe, a 33-year-old tech worker from Penang, Malaysia, was staying at the Hilton Sonoma Wine Country, which was gutted by flames. He said the power went out around 1 a.m., and he and his colleagues started packing up when someone knocked on the door and told them to run. “We just had to run and run. It was full of smoke. We could barely breathe,” Hoe said. The large majority of the injured were treated for smoke inhalation, according to St. Joseph Health, which operates hospitals in the Santa Rosa area. Two were in critical condition and one was in serious condition. The number of injured is expected to climb as information comes in for all the other areas affected by the firestorm consuming the state. Flames began coming over a ridge shortly after 11 p.m. Monday in an area bordering Oakmont and Tri- one-Annadel State Park, Santa Rosa Police Sgt. Summer Black said. Most of the Oakmont area was evacuated earlier in the day. October has generally been the most destructive time of year for Cal- ifornia wildfires. What was unusual Sunday, however, was to have so many fires take off at the same time. Other than the windy conditions that helped drive them all, there was no known connection between the fires, and no cause has been released for any of them. But the conditions late Monday and early Tuesday were calmer than they were 24 hours earlier, bringing hopes of progress against the flames. Gov. Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency for the fire areas, and asked the federal government to do the same. Vice President Mike Pence, who is visiting California, said at an event near Sacramento that the federal government stands with California as it takes on the blazes, but he made no specific promises. To the south in Orange County, more than 5,000 homes were evacu- ated because of a fire in the Anaheim area. The blaze had grown to nearly 12 square miles as of early Tuesday. Anaheim police Sgt. Daron Wyatt said evacuations were not likely to be lifted Tuesday. “The problem right now is that we’re strapped for resources in the state of California,” Wyatt said. “We have eight major fires going in North- ern California and this fire going as well, and potential for more fires, especially with the weather pattern.” The fire has destroyed at least 24 structures. Prison: ‘It has never made sense to warehouse this population’ Continued from Page 1A “We know that addiction and mental illness are the pri- mary contributors to many drug and property crimes,” said Andy Ko, executive director of Partnership for Safety and Justice. Investing in drug abuse treatment, mental health care and other supportive services that address the underlying drivers of crime is the best THE DAILY ASTORIAN T UESDAY E VENING A (2) (-) (-) (6) (-) (8) (9) (10) (12) (13) (-) (20) (-) (29) (30) (31) (32) (34) (35) (36) (38) (39) (43) (44) (45) (46) (47) (48) (49) (50) (51) (52) (53) (54) (56) (57) (58) (61) (63) (64) (65) (162) L KATU KOMO KING KOIN KIRO KGW KRCW KOPB KPTV KPDX KCPQ TBS KZJO ESPN ESPN2 NICK DISN FAM FMC LIFE ROOT FS1 SPIKE COM HIST A&E TLC DISC NGEO TNT AMC USA FOOD HGTV FX CNN FNC CNBC BRAV TCM SYFY RFD (2) (4) (5) (-) (7) (-) (3) (10) (12) (-) (13) (20) (22) (29) (30) (31) (32) (34) (35) (36) (38) (39) (43) (44) (45) (46) (47) (48) (49) (50) (51) (52) (53) (54) (56) (57) (58) (61) (63) (64) (65) (162) 6 way to improve public safety, Ko said. “It has never made sense to warehouse this population in expensive prison cells that cause more harm by separat- ing them from their children and communities,” he said. Tim Colahan, executive director of the Oregon Dis- trict Attorneys Association, said the changes need “to be judged by the impact on the rates of crime and recidivism.” “Safety should not be com- promised for savings,” he said. Colahan, a former Harney County district attorney, said the state has long prioritized prison for the most violent criminals, and a small per- centage of inmates are repeat property offenders. “As a result, the pop- ulation affected by the legislative changes in 2017 are virtually all high-risk individuals,’ he said. The Oregon Corrections Population Forecast projects the number of women inmates will drop by 8 percent between this year and September 2027. Just a year ago, the Depart- ment of Corrections requested money to open the second women’s prison in Salem because of chronic over- crowding at the state’s only existing women’s prison, Cof- fee Creek Correctional Facil- ity in Wilsonville. The Oct. 1 report puts plans for the sec- ond facility on indefinite hold. The semiannual prison forecast gives state econo- mists’ projections for the pop- ulation supervised by the state Department of Corrections. The information helps that agency and the Oregon Crim- inal Justice Commission to plan budgets and prison beds. The semiannual report projects an overall 1 percent SCHEDULE A - Charter Astoria/ Seaside - L - Charter Long Beach decrease in the existing prison population over the next decade, even as the state’s overall population is pro- jected to grow by 12 percent. In contrast to women prison- ers, the male prison popula- tion is still projected to grow slightly, by 0.7 percent, in the next decade. The Capital Bureau is a collaboration between EO Media Group and Pamplin Media Group. Evening listings TUESDAY O CTOBER 10 PM 6:30 7 PM 7:30 8 PM 8:30 9 PM 9:30 10 PM 10:30 11 PM 11:30 Wheel Fortune (N) The Middle (N) KATU News at 6 (N) Jeopardy! 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