Wind-Driven Wildfire Threatens California Vineyards

Wind-Driven Wildfire Threatens California Vineyards

24 September 2006

published by www.newstalkzb.co.nz

San Francisco,CA,USA — A wind-driven wildfire on Saturday threatened some of California’s premier vineyards and the winemaking city of Napa, one of several blazes kindled across the state by dry conditions and seasonal Santa Ana winds.

The 400-acre (160-hectare) Napa fire started on Friday morning off a rural highway north of the wine lovers’ haven by what fire officials believe was a downed power line.