Wine Country Gazette ·
The Putah Fire started as CAL FIRE’s own controlled burn
The fire that CAL FIRE's wine country unit carries into tonight's red flag warning is one the agency lit itself. The Putah Fire, 869 acres along Highway 128 west of Winters as of early Wednesday, began Monday morning as a CAL FIRE prescribed burn — a fuel break meant to keep roadside fires from climbing into the hills above Lake Berryessa.