Interesting Fire Department stuff.

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Originally Posted by Catfish

This looks a bit too close for comfort .. I hope all goes well and the fire be put out soon.
All the best!

Thanks. As per my boat captain on his way to meet the boat-rigger for a full day's rerigging and stay chainplates; the fire is now 75% contained and the Cal Fire chief who lives directly across the street from me has been out all night on this one. He's now generally in charge of radio-communications between all fire agency's coordination on these affairs and is a master at what he does. I was just there myself enroute to a job a week ago; Dry Creek RD/Trinity Rd. is a 1hr. 35-mph, winding 1 lane-bridged, deer & bicyclist-infested but less traffic'd route to Santa Rosa when I'm summoned...and the paid return-trip ends directly at my front doorway-I've been driving it for 25 years and it tests the ol' skills in a five-speed Corolla. Occasionally, in shorthanded traffic related emergencies: downed trees, stupid eighteen-wheelers etc.; even I've been pressed into impromptu service up there as cell phones do not operate. Dense manzanita underbrush and pine is thick and burns explosively; the weather (foggy/cool up there) is still really holding well for us.

Local fire forces assembled to fight the blaze, including 12 engines, about 180 firefighters, three water tenders, six air tankers, four helicopters and three bulldozers, according to Cal Fire staff at the St. Helena station.

Smoke was visible from downtown Napa.

Despite a slowing in the fire’s rate of spread, Dry Creek Road was closed near the incident scene, and the county Office of Emergency Services advised drivers to avoid the area.

EDIT: 8 AM : evacutions have been lifted.