Quail Fire (2020)

2020 wildfire that burnt near Vacaville, CA

Quail Fire

Location| Winters,
Solano County,
California
Coordinates| 38°28′15″N 122°02′18″W﻿ / ﻿38.470809°N 122.038208°W﻿ / 38.470809; -122.038208
Statistics[1]
Date(s)| June 6, 2020 (2020-06-06) – June 10, 2020 (2020-06-10)
Burned area| 1,837 acres (743 ha)
Cause| Under investigation
Buildings destroyed| 3 structures destroyed
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The Quail Fire was a wildfire that burned during the 2020 California wildfire season southwest of Winters and north of Vacaville in Solano County, California in the United States. Igniting on Saturday, June 6, within the rural confines of Quail Canyon, the fire ballooned to an estimated 1,837 acres (743 ha) and destroyed three structures including one residential property.[1][2] The fire was fully contained on Wednesday, June 10, 2020, and the cause remains under investigation.[3]

## Events[edit]

The fire was first reported on the afternoon of Saturday, June 6, at around 3:30 pm, burning off of Quail Canyon and Pleasant Valley Road just outside the community of Winters.[4] Predominantly fanned by dry vegetation and relatively strong onshore winds from the east that prompted several other smaller grassfires to quickly spread in the greater Solano and bay area that day, the fire was met with an aggressive immediate response by fire officials as it quickly jumped from a second-alarm to a four-alarm-plus vegetation fire.[5][6] Within several hours, the Quail fire expanded from 150 to 500 acres (61 to 202 ha) as mandatory evacuations were put in place for over 100 structures in the Pleasant Valley area as the fire blew eastward through Quail Canyon and into the rural subdivisions on the outskirts of Winters.[6] By 9:00 pm the blaze had swelled to 1,200 acres (490 ha) and was 5% contained as mandatory evacuations remained in place overnight for the areas of Quail Canyon Road between Pleasants Valley Road and Highway 128.[7]

Throughout the night, the Quail fire exhibited active fire behavior as it crept through the canyons northeast towards Putah Creek where it briefly threatened the Putah Creek State Wildlife Area as it continued to burn eastward towards the community of Winters.[8] By that time, over 600 fire personnel from Woodland, Davis, Butte County and San Francisco were actively engaging the fire.[9] Overnight the fire would continue to grow to some 1,400 acres (570 ha) before eventually halting at 1,837 acres (743 ha) by early Sunday, June 7. Later that day, some evacuation orders were lifted for those living in the Quail Canyon area as containment of the fire rose to 40% despite red flag fire conditions that were expected to persist in the area over the coming days.[10] After the next several days, containment was completed on the fire with no additional growth in acreage.

## Impact[edit]

Evacuations were ordered Saturday, June 6, on Quail Canyon Road between Pleasants Valley Road and Highway 128 and an evacuation center was set up at Three Oaks Community Center in Vacaville for accommodations.[9] The following day, all evacuation orders were lifted.

## See also[edit]

* 2020 California wildfires

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "Quail Fire". CAL FIRE. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
2. ^ Bay City News Service. "Quail Fire At 1,837 Acres, But Evacuation Order Lifted". SF Gate. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
3. ^ McGough, Michael. "Quail Fire in Solano County fully contained, Cal Fire says". The Sacramento Bee. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
4. ^ ABC 7 Staff (7 June 2020). "Quail Fire now 1,800 acres, evacuations lifted in Solano County, CAL FIRE says". ABC 7 News. Retrieved 7 June 2020.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
5. ^ NBC Bay Area staff. "Live Blog: Quail Fire in Solano County Still Burning". NBC Bay Area. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
6. ^ a b Daily Republic Staff (7 June 2020). "Quail Fire near Vacaville, Winters grows as officials lift evacuation orders". Daily Republic. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
7. ^ Moleski, Vincent. "Live Blog: Quail fire outside Vacaville exceeds 1,800 acres". Press Democrat. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
8. ^ Keys, Matthew [@MatthewKeysLive] (June 7, 2020). "Heat map shows fire is at or near the area of:Olive School Ln. south and west of Central Ln.◾️Canal Ln. south of Putah Creek Rd.◾️Digger Pine Ridge Rd.#QuailFire #QuailCanyonFire" (Tweet) - via Twitter.
9. ^ a b Moleski, Vincent. "Evacuations lifted as crews make progress on 1,800-acre Quail Fire but winds could pick up". The Sacramento Bee. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
10. ^ Associated Press. "Evacuation order lifted in Quail fire near Vacaville as Hunters fire in Mariposa County forces residents to flee". Press Democrat. Retrieved 8 June 2020.

This article incorporates text from https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2020/6/6/quail-fire/, a public domain work of the Government of California.

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