The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/09/05/winery-that-figures-into-pickett-fire-investigation-says-worker-doused-fireplace-ashes/The Pickett Fire in Napa County, which is still smoldering and stands at 93% contained after burning over 6,800 acres, may have been sparked on August 21 by discarded ashes from curing a new outdoor fireplace. But that has not been confirmed. Local PR guy Sam Singer represents Hundred Acre Wine Group, and given Singer's experience with crisis PR in the Bay Area, that seems to be fortuitous after the winery has been implicated as a possible source for the cause of the Pickett Fire. NBC Bay Area first reported last week that Cal Fire investigators suspected that a contract worker at a local winery had improperly disposed of some ashes tha

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