Fire departments around the Bay Area are gearing up after the National Weather Service issued a Red Flag Warning for much of the region. Here's what you need to know.
Fire departments around the Bay Area are gearing up after the National Weather Service issued a Red Flag Warning for much of the region.The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for much of the Bay Area from Thursday night through Saturday evening because of dry and windy conditions that pose a risk of wildfires spreading quickly.
Forecasters said the areas expected to have particularly windy conditions and low humidity include the North Bay interior mountains, the East Bay hills and Diablo Range, and the San Francisco Peninsula.There have been a couple fires so far this year but nothing that's gotten out of control in the East Bay Hills.
"Now that we're having the offshore winds with the fuel that's already been dried out, that's what concerns us is the wind patterns and the dry vegetation we have," said Chief Sanders."We'll be gearing up tomorrow based on spot weather forecast results. Depending on the results, that can trigger upstaffing on our part, community messaging," said Berkeley Fire Chief David Sprague.
"Be careful of barbequing, idling cars, anything that's a heat producing appliance during this period of time," said Chief Sprague. Meanwhile PG& E is warning that power shutoffs are possible throughout much of the Bay Area on Thursday, Friday and Saturday because of concerns the winds could spark fires.What are the diablo winds and how can they influence Northern California wildfires?
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