| Atlas Fire | |
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| Part of the2017 North Bay wildfires | |
 Atlas fire and adjacent fires | |
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| Location | Napa County,California |
| Coordinates | 38°23′31″N122°14′37″W / 38.39206°N 122.24367°W /38.39206; -122.24367 |
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| Burned area | 51,057 acres (207 km2) |
| Impacts | |
| Deaths | 6[2] |
| Structures destroyed | 781 |
TheAtlas Fire was a 2017wildfire burning inNapa County,California north of the city ofNapa, nearNapa Soda Springs. It was one offourteen large fires simultaneously burning in eight Northern California counties, in what was called the"Northern California firestorm".[3] GovernorJerry Brown declared a state of emergency.[4][5]
The fire, which started on October 8, had by October 12 burned 51,057 acres (207 km2) of land, and was 77% contained.[6][7] By October 12, the fire stretched fromLake Berryessa south to Napa, but afirebreak was established across Atlas Peak Road.[7] It was contained on October 28, 2017. At that point in state history, the fire was the 14th most destructive and 15th deadliest. It burned a total of 51,624 acres, destroyed 783 structures, and resulted in 6 deaths.[8]
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The fire began about 10 p.m. October 8 on Atlas Peak RoadAtlas Peak. It started south, fed by winds, gusting to 28 miles per hour, and lowrelative humidity at 12%.[9]
On October 12, winds were forecast to reach 40 mph, but were lighter than expected, slowing the growth of the fire.[7]
Evacuations started atSilverado Resort,[10] and at Vichy Avenue and Hagen Road area, then Montecito Boulevard and later at Monte Vista Avenue.[11]
After the evacuation center at Crosswalk Church quickly reached maximum capacity, one was opened atNapa Valley College and St. Apollinaris Catholic Church. There are other evacuations centers such as:
The evacuations for Solano County are Upper and Lower Green Valley, Eastridge, and the community of twin sisters along Suisun Valley road. The advisory is for the Lakes, and The Shopping Centers for Cordelia.[14] InSonoma, there were mandatory evacuation orders first at Seventh Street East, Castle Road, and Lovall Valley Road; then at East Napa Street.[15] An evacuation advisory was issued for parts of the city of Napa.[16]
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