A local health emergency has been declared in Napa County due to the Pickett Fire, County Public Health Officer Christine Wu said Monday.  

Wu signed the emergency proclamation in response to “imminent environmental threats to safe water supplies and hazardous waste and materials” created by the fire, the county said.  

The Pickett Fire began Thursday in a rural area of Calistoga and by the weekend had grown to over 6,800 acres. Evacuation orders and warnings have gone out for some residents.  

According to the county, debris from the fast-moving fire can become hazardous waste that impacts local watershed areas, making them a threat to public health.  

“In light of these impacts, the proclamation authorizes immediate action to be taken to address the removal of any hazardous waste and

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