The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/08/24/pickett-fire-in-napa-county-spreads-to-6-800-acres-11-contained-as-of-sunday-afternoon/Napa County declared a local emergency for the Calistoga area Sunday, calling for additional funding to fight the Pickett Fire, which reached nearly 7,000 acres and was 11 percent contained by Sunday afternoon. As SFist reported, the fire broke out just before 3 pm Thursday along Pickett Road outside the city limits of Calistoga, spreading to over 2,100 acres overnight. Cal Fire deployed 435 firefighters and 75 engines to fight the fire on Friday, when temperatures reportedly hovered near 100 degrees. The blaze surpassed 3,000 acres and was at seven percent containment Friday afternoon, as reported by SFist.
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