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Originally Posted by Fireftr18

I'm curious about the loss of structures. In an area that has a history of wildfire, why weren't the newer areas built and older areas redone to protect them from wildfire?

The Redwood Valley fire in Mendocino County (8dead 36,523 acres0 is 100% percent contained. The Tubbs fire in Sonoma is 95% contained; the Nuns and Pocket fires in both Napa and Sonoma are 94% contained.as of this AM full containment is expected today. In today's SF chronicle: the Hanley Fire of 1964 burned 52,000 acres and destroyed 100 homes This present fire is a more savage copy along nearly the same path....half a century later:

Originally Posted by Chronicle

Local officials had long been aware that another tragic wildfire was a possibility. As recently as last spring a Sonoma Counrt report on potential hazards facing the region cautioned that a fire comparable to the Hanley Fire could cause 'catastphic damage to the City of Santa Rosa. hazard. If multiple blazes broke out around the state during fire season firefighting resources in Sonoma County could be stretched beyond theircapacity the Hazard Mitigation PPlan stated...In Santa Rosa's Fountaingrove neighborhood, built in an area that the Hanley Fire had roared through in 1964, homeowners had spent heavily on protection measures to prepare for a wildfire. Still the neighborhood was lost to the flames. No one expected that a fire could jump into the heart of Santa Rosa burning a subdivision such as Coffey Park. This fire will rewrite the books....it isn't just about the 'wildland urban interface' where 1/3 of Sonoma County residents live.

https://www.pressreader.com/usa/san-francisco-chronicle/20171027/281539406209892