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Pickett Fire Reaches 6,800 Acres in Napa County as Crews Hold 11% Containment

A local emergency declaration is channeling resources to protect communities near Aetna Springs.

Overview

  • The blaze grew by roughly 270 acres overnight to 6,803 acres after a larger eastward push on Saturday, with containment steady at 11%, according to Cal Fire.
  • Roughly 190 residents remain under evacuation orders and about 360 under warnings as an estimated 500 structures are threatened, with no confirmed structural losses reported.
  • Napa County’s emergency proclamation is expediting support as more than 1,200 personnel, 140 engines, 10 helicopters, 34 dozers and 24 water tenders work the incident, including night-flying helicopter operations.
  • Firefighters conducted burnout operations that helped hold control lines near Aetna Springs and Pope Valley while continuing structure protection along Aetna Springs Road and Butts Canyon Road.
  • The Bay Area Air Quality Management District extended a smoke advisory through Monday for parts of Napa, Sonoma and Solano counties; the fire is burning within the 2020 Glass Fire scar, which has aided suppression, and the cause remains under investigation.