{"id":427154,"date":"2017-10-10T06:39:14","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T06:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/10\/10\/deadly-fires-hit-california-wine-country\/"},"modified":"2017-10-10T06:39:14","modified_gmt":"2017-10-10T06:39:14","slug":"deadly-fires-hit-california-wine-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/10\/deadly-fires-hit-california-wine-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadly fires hit California wine country"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Parts of California\u2019s wine region are being ravaged by fast-spreading fires that have killed at least 10 people.<\/p>\n<p>Mass evacuations have taken place and at least 1,500 properties have been destroyed. Seven people were killed in Sonoma county, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>About 20,000 people fled from Napa, Sonoma and Yuba counties after some of the state\u2019s worst-ever wildfires broke out.<\/p>\n<p>The governor of California has declared an emergency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese fires have destroyed structures and continue to threaten thousands of homes, necessitating the evacuation of thousands of residents,\u201d the declaration said.<\/p>\n<p>Along with the deaths in Sonoma county, two people were killed in Napa county and one in Mendocino county when thousands of acres burned in one valley.<\/p>\n<p>Further injuries have been reported and some people are said to be missing.<\/p>\n<p>Marian Williams of Kenwood, Sonoma county, said she and her neighbours had fled the flames in a convoy of vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was an inferno like you\u2019ve never seen before,\u201d she told broadcaster NBC.<\/p>\n<p>The head of California\u2019s Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, Kim Pimlott, said that about 1,500 buildings had already been destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>It is not yet known how the fires started on Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p>Napa county\u2019s fire chief warned that conditions were hindering firefighting efforts, as further resources were brought in from across the state.<\/p>\n<p>Dozens of vineyard workers were reportedly airlifted to safety overnight.<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n<div class=\"bsac bsac-clearfix bsac-post-bottom bsac-float-center bsac-align-center bsac-column-1\">\n<div id=\"bsac-268370-2119870960\" class=\"bsac-container bsac-type-image \" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WPAdBlock\" data-adid=\"268370\" data-type=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bsac-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/starrwoman_posts.jpg\" alt=\"Starr Woman \u2013 Inside Posts\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parts of California\u2019s wine region are being ravaged by fast-spreading fires that have killed at least 10 people. Mass evacuations have taken place and at least 1,500 properties have been destroyed. Seven people were killed in Sonoma county, authorities said. About 20,000 people fled from Napa, Sonoma and Yuba counties after some of the state\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-427154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-world"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Deadly fires hit California wine country - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/10\/deadly-fires-hit-california-wine-country\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Deadly fires hit California wine country - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Parts of California\u2019s wine region are being ravaged by fast-spreading fires that have killed at least 10 people. 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