| Kincade Fire | |
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 Satellite image of smoke from the Kincade Fire on October 24 | |
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| Location | John Kincade Road and Burned Mountain Road, northeast of Geyserville, Sonoma County, California, United States |
| Coordinates | 38°47′33″N 122°46′48″W / 38.792458°N 122.780053°W |
| Statistics[1][2] | |
| Burned area | 77,758 acres (31,468 ha)[1] |
| Impacts | |
| Non-fatal injuries | 4[1] |
| Structures destroyed | 374[1] |
| Ignition | |
| Cause | electrical transmission lines located northeast of Geyserville owned and operated by PG&E[3] |
| Map | |
  Location in California | |
The Kincade Fire was a wildfire that burned in Sonoma County, California in the United States. The fire started northeast of Geyserville in The Geysers on 9:24 p.m. on October 23, 2019, and subsequently burned 77,758 acres (31,468 ha) until the fire was fully contained on November 6, 2019. The fire threatened over 90,000 structures and caused widespread evacuations throughout Sonoma County, including the communities of Geyserville, Healdsburg, Windsor, and Santa Rosa. The majority of Sonoma County and parts of Lake County were under evacuation warnings and orders. Lake county only had one evacuation order and that was the town of Middletown. The fire was the largest of the 2019 California wildfire season, and also the largest wildfire recorded in Sonoma County at the time before being surpassed by the LNU Lightning Complex fires in 2020.[4]
- ^ a b c d "Kincade Fire | Welcome to CAL FIRE". fire.ca.gov. Archived from the original on October 26, 2019. Retrieved October 26, 2019.
- ^ "Kincade Fire Incident Update" (PDF). California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. State of California. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 28, 2019. Retrieved October 26, 2019.
- ^ Fusek, Maggie (July 17, 2020). "Kincade Fire Caused By PG&E Equipment, Cal Fire Says". Patch. Archived from the original on September 7, 2020. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
Cal Fire investigators determined the Sonoma County wildfire that destroyed 374 homes and structures was traced to PG&E equipment.
- ^ "Kincade fire, biggest in county history, has scorched an area 3x the size of Santa Rosa". Santa Rosa Press Democrat. October 30, 2019. Archived from the original on November 14, 2019. Retrieved May 6, 2020.