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DAVE WINNACKER stood on a hill in Northern California as flames devoured the houses below him. The Alameda County Fire Department division chief had fought wildfires before, but the 2017 North Bay Fires felt different. A sense of helplessness overcame him as he watched them burn. I had engines assigned to them, he says. But you couldn t stop it.
A former Marine (and now a fire chief in the Bay Area s Moraga-Orinda Fire District), Winnacker was one of more than 10,000 firefighters who battled the infernos, which raged for three weeks. The blaze tore through a quarter-million acres, killed 44 people, and destroyed over 6,000 homes. At times, it spread at a rate of one football field every three seconds. The damage totaled $13 billion, a new U.S. record that would fall the following year.
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Jennifer Huffman, Register
Napa County is suing the owner of this home at 3119 Mount Veeder
Road. It is being used as an illegal short-term vacation rental,
said the county.
Jennifer Huffman, Register
Napa County is suing the owner of this home at 3119 Mt. Veeder
Road. It is being used as an illegal short-term vacation rental,
said the county.
The home at 3119 Mount Veeder Road sounds like a great spot for a family gathering or Napa Valley getaway.
Featuring enough room for 10 overnight guests, wooded views, a hot tub, and a âhuge deck,â owner Natalie Schultz listed her A-frame-style home for rent for an estimated $975 per night.
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