Fires that merged to become the Hennessey Fire include Gamble, Green, Spanish, 5-10, Morgan, and Markley Fires. Extreme fire behavior with short and long range spotting are continuing to challenge firefighting efforts. Notes: Significant fire growth is expected Saturday.

Evacuation information: CAL FIRE LNU Twitter page.The Walbridge Fire west of Healdsburg is 50,069, and the Meyers Fire on the coast north of Jenner is 2,345. The largest fire in the complex is the Hennessey Fire, 261,793. Administrative Unit: CAL FIRE Sonoma-Lake-Napa.Counties: Napa, Lake, Yolo, Solano, Sonoma.This will ensure that already limited local resources are not strained.” Jimmy Panetta and four local politicians said, “We also ask anyone considering travel to Monterey County to delay your travel plans. The Monterey Herald reported that due to the River and Carmel Fires prospective visitors to Monterey County have been asked to delay their travel plans. sent over 150 firefighters to assist with bushfires in Australia, and has been the recipient of assistance from down under on several occasions. to send firefighters to assist Australia and New Zealand is authorized in a formal agreement under the Emergency Wildfire Suppression Act.

We also have requests out for that talent as well. And many of you up here recall, I think it was 2017, the support that we were provided and the support we provided in turn of some of the best wildfire firefighters in the world from Australia. We’ve also reached out across the border into Canada for resources and support. Governor Gavin Newsom said in a news conference Friday that he has requested the assistance of Australian and Canadian firefighters. The fires have killed at least five people and injured 33. About 96 percent of CAL FIRE’s engines are committed throughout the state. Firefighters contained a large majority of the blazes, but in spite of their best efforts, over 771,000 acres had burned through Friday prompting evacuations of 175,000 residents. There have been 560 new fires in the last week, primarily a result of the lightning. Nearly 12,000 firefighters are battling over 20 major fires and complexes of fires in California, most of which were started by about 12,000 lightning strikes. (To see all of the articles on Wildfire Today about the lightning-caused wildfires in California, including the most recent, click HERE.) Shortages of personnel, fire apparatus, and aircraft are showing up statewide. Saturday, on the seventh day after a 72-hour lightning bust started hundreds of wildfires in California, firefighters are stretched thin attempting to suppress the blazes and protect residents and property. PDT Map of the SCU Lightning Complex and CZU August Lightning Complex of fires August 21, 2020.

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