Napa, Sonoma Firestorm: Salvation Army Serving Meals To Evacuees

NAPA and SONOMA COUNTIES, CA — Teams from the Salvation Army are providing meals Monday to evacuees from fires in Napa and Sonoma counties, Salvation Army officials said. Across Northern California, 14 fires have burned more than 57,000 acres and destroyed at least 1,500 homes.

One team is serving people at the CrossWalk Community Church at 2590 First St. in Napa.

Other teams are serving evacuees at the Napa Valley College gym at 2277 Napa-Vallejo Highway in Napa, at the Napa County Fair Association at 1435 N. Oak St. in Calistoga and at Solano Community College at 4000 Suisun Valley Road in Fairfield.

More than 700 meals were provided Monday morning at the Finley Community Center at 2060 W. College Ave. in Santa Rosa.

Dinner will be served at the Veterans Memorial Building at 1351 Maple Ave. in Santa Rosa.

Salvation Army officials said they are only accepting donations of money right now to help people affected by the fires.

One-hundred percent of the donations will go to support local disaster relief operations.

>>Click here for Sonoma County fire information

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By Bay City News Service

Photo: Flame from an open gas valve burns at the Journey's End mobile home park on Monday, Oct. 9, 2017, in Santa Rosa, Calif. Wildfires whipped by powerful winds swept through Northern California, sending residents on a headlong flight to safety through smoke and flames as homes burned. (Ben Margot/Associated Press)