Firefighters fight the Direct fire in Sonoma County made additional progress overnight in containing wildfires west of Healdsburg, Cal Fire said Tuesday.
The agency said in a social media post Tuesday that favorable weather conditions have allowed firefighters to increase containment and that crews will continue to strengthen control lines and begin heavy clearing operations within the fire’s perimeter.
At 6:26 a.m., Cal Fire said the acreage burned during the wildfire remained steady at 1,207 acres, while containment increased to 40%. Hundreds of people have been evacuated from Zone SON-2E2, while Zone SON-2E3 remains under an evacuation warning.
On Monday evening, Sonoma County declared a state of emergency due to the Point Fire, allowing state and federal disaster assistance. The county Board of Supervisors would meet within a week to ratify the proclamation.
The wildfire started around 12:30 a.m. Sunday over Dry Creek Valley near Stewarts Point-Skaggs Springs Road, just east-southeast of Lake Sonoma. The location is nearly the same as the 2020 Walbridge Fire, which destroyed 156 homes and 293 buildings in the hills west of Healdsburg and north of Guerneville.
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At least two buildings have been destroyed in the Point Fire. On Monday, Cal Fire said a firefighter suffered a neck injury from a falling tree branch.
The cause of the fire was still under investigation.
