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Fire Incident Active Near Oat Hill Mine Trail (Resolved)

August 19, 2020

Fire Safety in Parks

Update 9.11.20 2:00pm: Oat Hill Mine Trail is reopened at the Calistoga Trailhead.

Please note that the Aetna Springs trailhead remains closed for the time being.

Fire Incident Active Near Oat Hill Mine Trail (RLS State Park Affected)

Trail closed currently until this incident is resolved.

Please be aware that there is an active fire near Aetna Springs and the Oat Hill Mine Trail. CalFire is responding to this fire. The Oat Hill Mine Trail (Calistoga and Aetna Springs trailheads) & Robert Louis Stevenson State Park (Table Rock side) are closed for safety until this situation is resolved.

A mandatory evacuation is in place on Aetna Springs Rd. See Nixle alerts for evacuation and up to date road closure details here.


Fire Weather & Outdoors Safety

The weather event of the past few days has caused many small lighting-related fires to start around the region. Please be aware of your surroundings at all times if you are heading out to a park & drive safely to stay out of the way of CalFire and fire crews responding to incidents.

For more information about Red Flag conditions and forecasts, please visit CalFire or the National Weather Service web pages.

 

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