August 22, 2025
Firefighters have started to make progress on the Pickett Fire burning in Napa County.
The fire is now 5% contained, Cal Fire said in a mid-day update Friday. About 2,000 acres are estimated to have burned. That number is likely to rise.
“Today and tomorrow will be pretty darn critical” for building more lines of containment around the fire, said Mike Wilson of the Napa Communities Firewise Foundation. Wilson assisted with the fire response Thursday night after the fire broke out.
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