The County fire has grown to 22,000 acres with no containment, Cal Fire said Sunday afternoon.
The fire was first reported just after 2 p.m. Saturday on the west side of Highway 16 near the community of Guinda in Rumsey Canyon.
Cal Fire said it has crossed the Napa and Yolo County line and is burning in the wilderness near Lake Berryessa, west of Woodland.
Overnight, the fire was reported to be very active due to high winds and low relative humidity, which pushed it toward Lake Berryessa, based on radio traffic.
Assigned resources on the incident are increasing. Cal Fire’s Sunday report said 1,064 fire personnel are part of the effort, as are 110 engines, 27 water tenders, 12 helicopters, 29 hand crews and 18 dozers. Air tankers also are working the fire.
Mandatory evacuations have been implemented for the area north of Highway 128 in Yolo County, excluding residences within the city of Winters; south of County Road 23; east of Berryessa Knoxville Road; and west of County Road 89, where agricultural industry traffic will be allowed, Cal Fire said.
Although officials have not reported the fire to be within Solano County, due to its rapid spread the Solano County Sheriff’s Office also issued an evacuation advisory for the areas north of Quail Canyon Road, south of Highway 128, east of the Blue Ridge mountains and west of Pleasant Valley Road.
On Sunday afternoon, Cal Fire said its Incident Management Team 3 – which over the past week has been in charge of the Pawnee fire east of Clearlake Oaks – been tasked with supporting the Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit in working to contain the County fire.
Cal Fire said it had set up its operations basecamp for the incident at the Yolo County Fairgrounds, which residents were asked to avoid due to the large equipment.
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