Support Stations Open For Sonoma County Glass Fire Evacuees

SONOMA COUNTY, CA — As the more than 2,300 personnel continued to make progress in controlling the Glass Fire in Napa and Sonoma counties, supply and support stations have opened for Sonoma County evacuees returning to burn areas.

Containment of the Glass Fire, which started Sept. 27, was at 70 percent Thursday evening, with full containment expected by Oct. 20.

Sonoma County residents in areas where evacuation orders have been lifted are being encouraged to visit the supply and support stations opened Wednesday by the county and the City of Santa Rosa for safety information and equipment.

Materials will include a Home Depot bucket, a garbage bag, four KN 95 masks, four surgical masks, four pairs of gloves, a small bottle of hand sanitizer, one personal size packet of towelettes or hand wipes, four individual water bottles, four goggles, four pairs of shoe covers.

Station locations and hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday through Monday at Maria Carrillo High School, 6975 Montecito Blvd. in Santa Rosa; 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday at Skyhawk Park, 5750 Mountain Hawk Drive in Santa Rosa; and noon to 7 p.m. Thursday through Monday at Sonoma Valley Regional Park, 13630 Sonoma Highway in Glen Ellen.

The stations are available to city and county residents who will have addresses verified and will be asked to remain in their cars and to wear facial coverings.

According to the Santa Rosa Police Department, evacuation warnings were rescinded Thursday afternoon for the following zones within the city of Santa Rosa:

• Calistoga North
• Calistoga South / Skyhawk
• Oakmont North
• Oakmont South
• Stonebridge
• Pythian
• Melita (With the exception of Brand Road, Susan Drive and Elnoka Lane, which remain under an evacuation warning)

The fire has burned 67,484 acres and more than 3,400 structures remain threatened.

"Fire activity on the Glass Fire today was limited to smoldering, heavy fuels and interior islands with isolated heat signatures," Cal Fire said in an update Thursday evening. "These conditions consisted of creeping and smoldering within the current fire perimeter."

The fire has destroyed 332 residences and damaged 81 in Sonoma County, with 307 Napa County residences destroyed and 76 damaged. There have been 343 commercial structures destroyed in Napa County and 12 in Sonoma.

Bay City News Service contributed to this report.