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Fire shuts down road between St. Helena and Santa Rosa
Friday, May 16, 2008
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2 p.m.One of the main links between St. Helena to Santa Rosa was blocked to commuters after a morning fire broke out 3 miles east of the Sonoma-Napa county line.

Spring Mountain Road, which then becomes Saint Helena Road in Sonoma County, remains closed to all but fire trucks and local traffic after the fire broke at 9 a.m. near Tarwater Road, CalFire said.
As of 1:45 p.m., the fire burned 50 acres, threatening houses and outbuildings, CalFire said.

CalFire also responded to two other fires in Sonoma County at 4 a.m. fire off of Geysers Road in Sonoma County.
As of late morning 70 acres were still burning while 50 acres were contained, according to CalFire.

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