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The Pickett Fire near Calistoga in Napa County grew by over 1,100 acres Saturday to 5,862 acres, or about five times the size of Golden Gate Park.
Cal Fire said containment increased to 11%, from 7% earlier in the day.
Additional evacuations were ordered Saturday afternoon as more than 1,200 fire personnel continued to battle the wildfire.
The new evacuations orders, according to Alert Napa Valley, were for three zones:
— POP-E001A, west of Butts Canyon, north of Pope Valley Road and East of Aetna Springs Lane.
— NPA E107B, west of Aetna Mine Road, north of Aetna Springs Road and east of Oat Hill Mine Road, in the Cedar Canyon area.
— NPA E108A, west of Aetna Springs Lane, north of Aetna Springs Road, east of Aetna Mine Road and south of James Creek creek bed.
In addition, James Creek Road was closed at Butts Canyon Road, according to Alert Napa Valley.
The fire started northeast of Calistoga at 2343 Pickett Road about 3 p.m. Thursday.
By Saturday morning, Cal Fire said the size of the fire was 4,690 acres, with 7% contained.
In addition to 1,230 personnel, 80 engines, 35 hand crews, seven helicopters, 29 dozers and 23 water tenders were committed to the fight, according to Cal Fire.
The Pickett Fire near Calistoga nearly doubled in size Thursday night, reaching 2,131 acres with no containment, according to Cal Fire. Pete Suratos and Jeff Ranieri report.
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