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Wildfire — North Bay Mountains, California

August 17, 2020 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
3
Direct injuries
5
Property damage
—
Area
North Bay Mountains

Event narrative (NOAA)

A second round of thunderstorms moved through the region into the morning of August 17th producing additional lightning strikes over the Bay Area. On the early morning of the 17th lightning produced a fire in Napa County that became the Hennessey Fire. Eventually, this fire merged with several other fires across Napa, Sonoma, Solano, Yolo, and Lake Counties (Gamble, 15-10, Spanish, Markley, 13-4, 11-16, Walbridge) to form the LNU Lightning Complex https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2020/8/17/lnu-lightning-complex-includes-hennessey-gamble-15-10-spanish-markley-13-4-11-16-walbridge/. Over 350,000 acres burned with over 200 structures damaged and over 1400 destroyed along with 5 fatalities (3 in Napa County and 2 in Solano County) including civilian and fire personnel across all counties. The

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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.

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