Crews working to contain Toll Fire in Napa County; evacuation warnings remain

Cal Fire crews responded to a wind-driven fire in Napa County on Tuesday that was near the community of Calistoga.

Cal Fire named it the Toll Fire and said about 50 acres had burned as of 12:16 p.m. The fire was burning in a southwest direction and firefighters were using seven fixed-wing aircraft and three helicopters to fight the fire. The total number of personnel on the fire was 300.

By 4:30 p.m., crews had stopped the fire's forward progress and worked containment to 10%. Cal Fire said they also mapped the acreage better and updated the acres burned to 40.

Around 5:30 p.m., Cal Fire there were updates to evacuation orders and warnings.

Evacuation orders were changed to Evacuation warnings for the following zones.

• Zone- NPA-E113- North, South and East of Lake County Hwy and West of Palisades Rd
• Zone- NPA- E103- North of Old Lawley Toll, South of Hwy 29/Oat Hill Rd and Easy of Lake County Hwy

Evacuation warnings were lifted for some areas.

• Zone- NPA-E104-North, South and East of Livermore Rd and West of Oat Hill Rd
• Zone- NPA-E105- North of Lake County Hwy, South of Livermore Rd, East of Lake County Hwy and West of Oat Hill Rd.

The fire was initially reported at 9:42 a.m. in the area of Old Lawley Toll Road, Cal Fire said. The county sent out an alert around 10:30 a.m., initially saying there were no evacuations underway or structures threatened.

About an hour later, the county had issued mandatory evacuations and warnings.

An evacuation center was open at the Calistoga Community Center at 1307 Washington Street in Calistoga.

Winds pushing to the southwest were driving the fire. Cal Fire said there was a potential impact to 114 people in the evacuation order & warning zones. Residents were directed to visit readynapacounty.org for more emergency information.

Heavy smoke was reported in the area, including in neighboring Sonoma County. The Santa Rosa Police Department reported that smoke from the fire was expected to impact eastern parts of Santa Rosa.