"The Pickett Fire in Napa County, which is still smoldering and stands at 93% contained after burning over 6,800 acres, may have been sparked on August 21 by discarded ashes from curing a new outdoor fireplace. But that has not been confirmed. Local PR guy Sam Singer represents Hundred Acre Wine Group, and given Singer's experience with crisis PR in the Bay Area, that seems to be fortuitous after the winery has been implicated as a possible source for the cause of the Pickett Fire."
"Now, NBC Bay Area has a follow-up report, clarifying that the worker at Hundred Acre Wine, a longtime handyman on the property, had been building an outdoor fireplace, and he built a "basketball-sized" fire in order to cure or "temper" the new hearth. After the fire was out, he says he put the ashes in a bucket and doused the ashes with water. He then disposed of the ashes, and Singer says, "He believed the ashes had been extinguished.""
The Pickett Fire in Napa County is smoldering and reported 93% contained after burning over 6,800 acres. Cal Fire investigators consider discarded ashes from curing a new outdoor fireplace on August 21 as one possible ignition source but have made no definitive conclusion. A longtime handyman at Hundred Acre Wine reportedly built a basketball-sized fire to cure the hearth, doused the ashes with water, placed them in a bucket, and later disposed of them, believing they were extinguished. Early radio dispatches mentioned an "escaped controlled burn." A planned event at the winery was moved to St. Helena when the fire began. Sam Singer represents Hundred Acre Wine Group.
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