Sonoma County recently hit the jackpot by securing a $37 million federal grant for wildfire preparations, leading some in this side of the hills to wonder why Napa County wasnât even in the game.
The money is coming from the Federal Emergency Management Agencyâs Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities grant program. It can be used for such things as creating fuel breaks.
President Joe Biden announced the Sonoma County grant during a late-June briefing to western state governors.
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WASHINGTON, DC, June 30, 2021 (ENS) – Hundreds of Northern California residents living between historic Mt. Shasta and the city of Weed have been evacuated from their homes as two fires burning in Siskiyou County exploded overnight, fueled by high temperatures, low humidity, and winds blowing the flames into dry brush.
Rugged terrain and lack of water near the fires are making life even more difficult for the more than 900 firefighters who are trying to contain the flames.
The Lava Fire, burning between the city of Weed and Mt. Shasta, jumped from 13,300 acres on Tuesday to 17,591 acres Wednesday morning, according to the U.S. Forest Service. It’s nearly 20 percent contained.