County Fire
The County Fire was a wildfire east of Lake Berryessa in Yolo County and Napa County, California in the United States. The fire, first reported on June 30, 2018, in Rumsey Canyon in the community of Guinda, and was contained on July 17, 2018 after burning 90,288 acres. The fire caused mandatory evacuations along…
Where it happened
Napa County, as Wikidata places it.
- Wildfires
The record
- Date
- June 30, 2018
- Ended
- July 17, 2018
- Kind
- Wildfire
- Where
- Napa County
- Country
- United States
What happened
The County Fire was a wildfire east of Lake Berryessa in Yolo County and Napa County, California in the United States. The fire, first reported on June 30, 2018, in Rumsey Canyon in the community of Guinda, and was contained on July 17, 2018 after burning 90,288 acres. The fire caused mandatory evacuations along Highway 128, County Road 23, and areas around Lake Berryessa, including Monticello Dam. The fire destroyed 20 structures, damaged three, and caused one injury. The fire was started by an improperly installed electric fence for livestock.
Sources
Wikidata Q55392152 (CC0); text from Wikipedia, “County Fire”, CC BY-SA 4.0.