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A Smoky Weekend In Napa Valley

Posted: Jun 23, 2008 5:12pm ET

I noticed a cloud of white puffy smoke rising to the east at about 6 p.m. on Saturday. I knew right away it was a fire. Too hot and windy for delta fog to be creeping over the hill into Napa. It wasn’t clear where the fire was, since I was in Sonoma, which is west of Napa.

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