California wildfires rage as wine country blaze forces evacuation of
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The wildfire began north of St. Helena before moving at a "dangerous rate of spread."A firetruck travels on the Silverado Trail as a hillside goes up in flames during the Glass Fire in St. Helena, Calif., on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group via AP)No injuries have been reported yet, but 2,268 structures are threatened, according to Cal Fire. Flames from the Glass Fire lick up a tree in St. Helena, Calif., Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)Flames reached within a mile of the Adventist Health St. Helena hospital, where all 55 patients were safely evacuated by ambulance and helicopter over a five-hour period starting at 7 a.m. Sunday. Trees burn in strong wind on the Silverado Trail as a hillside goes up in flames during the Glass Fire in St. Helena, Calif., on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group via AP)Evacuation orders stretched through both counties, with residents of some 600 homes ordered to leave and 1,400 placed on notice, according to Cal Fire. Some 5,000 people were impacted by the notices. Residents of the Oakmont Gardens senior home evacuate on a bus as the Shady Fire approaches in Santa Rosa, Calif., Monday, Sept. 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)Neighborhoods in Santa Rosa were given evacuation warnings late Sunday by police as the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office also said "there are multiple fires on Los Alamos Road and St Helena Road" that prompted other evacuation orders. Eddy Whitmore evacuates from his Santa Rosa, Calif., home as the Shady Fire approaches on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)Satellite imagery showed how quickly the situation was deteriorating around Santa Rosa. The Napa County Sheriff’s Office warned people who are evacuating the expanding Glass Fire should not wait until the "last second," sharing a video of what deputies were experiencing on area roadways with flames on both sides of the road. Sonoma County officials cautioned those under evacuation orders to calmly and quickly leave, adding that the mass evacuation was causing traffic jams in the area. A firefighter glances up as trees begin to catch fire along Crystal Springs Road while battling the Glass Fire in St. Helena, Calif., on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020.