Glass Fire- Wildfire Erupts Near St. Helena; Evacuations Underway, New Evacuation Orders Issued
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Glass Fire: Wildfire Erupts Near St. Helena; Evacuations Underway; New Evacuation Orders Issued

Glass Fire: Wildfire Erupts Near St. Helena; Evacuations Underway; New Evacuation Orders Issued Napa County sheriff’s deputies raced through an area in the heart of wine country early Sunday, alerting residents to flee their homes as the flames of a rapidly spreading Glass Fire burning into tinder-dry rural hillsides approached Deer Park.

Officials issued a mandatory evacuation order around 4:15 a.m. for residents living in the community of Deer Park, an area of Silverado Trail cross of Larkmead Ln through Deer Park Rd and all of Crystal Springs Rd and North Fork Crystal Springs Rd.

At 7 a.m., Napa County officials issued additional evacuation orders for residents living on College Avenue at Howell Mountain Road to White Cottage Road and all of Freisen Drive, including all roads west of College Avenue and Freisen Drive, and all of Lommel Road.

Napa County officials have set up evacuation center at Crosswalk Community Church, 2590 First Street in Napa.

A video posted on social media showed a structure ablaze. Cal Fire issued an alert saying — Cal Fire Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit is at scene of a 20 acre vegetation fire with dangerous rate of spread near the 200 block of North Fork Crystal Springs Rd, Deer Park. The agency has named the blaze the Glass Fire.
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