McCabe Fire Near Geysers 75 Percent Contained; Evacuations Ordered Lifted

By Bay City News Service

A vegetation fire that has been burning in Sonoma County since early Friday morning has consumed around 3,505 acres and was 75 percent contained as of 7 a.m. Monday, according to Cal Fire officials.

The McCabe Fire, which was which was first reported around 2 a.m. Friday about 10 miles northeast of Geyserville, has caused two injuries and destroyed a cooling tower at Calpine's Geysers geothermal power plant complex, according to Cal Fire. 

While around a dozen homes near the power plant were evacuated due to the fire, those orders have since been lifted, officials said. 

Fire officials have said efforts to fight the fire have been hindered by low humidity, gusty winds and the sparsely populated area's steep terrain and abundance of brush, dry grass and timber. 

Better progress was made Sunday, in part due to favorable conditions weather conditions. Some of the more than 1,600 firefighters on the scene will be released on Monday and Tuesday, Cal Fire officials said.

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