7 fires now burning in Santa Cruz, San Mateo counties [SFGate, San Francisco]
Jan. 20 LATEST Jan. 20, 10:45 a.m. Cal Fire said it hopes to have seven small wildfires burning in northern Santa Cruz and southern San Mateo counties contained by the end of the day Wednesday amid favorable weather conditions.
“That’s contained, not controlled,” Cal Fire spokesperson Cecile Juliette said. “We hope to have all of them controlled by this weekend. Contained is when they’re able to get a fire line around the entire fire, so they can keep it within a certain area. Controlled is when they have the line around the fire and all the hot spots within the perimeter are out.”
UpdatedTue, Jan 19, 2021 at 3:24 pm PT
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(Bea Karnes/Patch)
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, CA Some 25,000 Santa Cruz County Pacific Gas & Electric Co. customers were in the dark as of 3 p.m. Tuesday as strong, gusty winds blew across California.
The hardest-hit areas included Scotts Valley (6,400 affected), Boulder Creek (2,900 affected), Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley (2,700 affected) Watsonville (2,300 affected), Interlaken (1,700 affected) and Santa Cruz (1,200 affected).
Just to the north, more than 50,000 Bay Area PG&E customers were without power during the height of the outages, said spokesperson Tamar Sarkissian in an email. About 40,000 of those customers had their power restored by 1 p.m.
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Dry, windy weather prompted PG&E to shut off power to 5,200 across seven counties in Central California and the Central Coast in an attempt to avoid a possible equipment-sparked wildfire.
UpdatedTue, Jan 19, 2021 at 4:55 pm PT
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(Bea Karnes/Patch)
SANTA CRUZ, CA Some 1,200 Santa Cruz Pacific Gas & Electric Co. customers were in the dark as of 3 p.m. Tuesday as strong, gusty winds blew across California.
In all, 25,000 PG&E customers in Santa Cruz County were without power Tuesday afternoon. Other hard-hit areas include Scotts Valley (6,400 affected), Boulder Creek (2,900 affected), Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley (2,700 affected) Watsonville (2,300 affected) and Interlaken (1,700 affected).
Just to the north, more than 50,000 Bay Area PG&E customers lost power during the height of the outages, said spokesperson Tamar Sarkissian in an email.
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Dry, windy weather prompted PG&E to shut off power to 5,200 across seven counties in Central California and the Central Coast in an attempt to avoid a possible equipment-sparked wildfire.
7 fires now burning in Santa Cruz, San Mateo counties
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A wildfire burns in the Santa Cruz Mountains on Jan 19, 2021. According to CZU Calfire, one fire is off Freedom Boulevard in Watsonville and one is in the Boulder Creek area off of Highway 9.PG&E Webcam
LATEST Jan. 20, 10:45 a.m. Cal Fire said it hopes to have seven small wildfires burning in northern Santa Cruz and southern San Mateo counties contained by the end of the day Wednesday amid favorable weather conditions. That s contained, not controlled, Cal Fire spokesperson Cecile Juliette said. We hope to have all of them controlled by this weekend. Contained is when they re able to get a fire line around the entire fire, so they can keep it within a certain area. Controlled is when they have the line around the fire and all the hot spots within the perimeter are out.