Fire agencies respond to earthquake near Napa
(Originally published at 9:12 a.m. PDT August 24, 2014; updated at 9:27 a.m. PDT, August 24, 2014)
USGS map showing the responses from their web site visitors who described what they felt. (click to enlarge)
The 6.1 magnitude earthquake that struck the Napa area north of San Francisco at 3:20 a.m. PDT today not only caused damage to structures, roads, and water mains, but several mobile homes caught fire when they were shaken off their foundations, rupturing natural gas lines. The broken water main made it difficult for firefighters to suppress the fires, using only the booster tanks in the engines until water tenders arrived.
Battalion Chief Scott McLean, a spokesperson for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), said the agency has not had any reports of vegetation fires, but 10 CAL FIRE engines and 2 Napa County engines and 2 water tenders are assisting the city of Napa. In addition, there are a total of 4 strike teams on order, 3 Type 1 strike teams (structure engines) and 1 Type 3 (brush) strike team. Each strike team has 5 engines plus a strike team leader. Two Type 1 urban search and rescue teams have been ordered.
There are no CAL FIRE aviation assets are working the incident, but Chief McLean said Helicopter 104 is available if needed.
U.S. Forest Service spokesperson Stanton Florea said their Region 5 headquarters in Vallejo, approximately 8 miles south of the epicenter, sustained damage that is being evaluated.
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