California Wineries Shut as Fire Tears Through Sonoma County
- More than 2.5 million people without power; 180,000 evacuated
- California Governor Newsom vows to hold PG&E accountable
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Major California wineries including one owned by Francis Ford Coppola remain closed and without power amid efforts to staunch fires raging through the state’s wine-producing region.
Only 10% contained, the Kincade fire has swept through about 30,000 acres -- an area more than twice the size of Manhattan -- destroying about 80 homes and buildings so far. Among the properties affected was the home of Julia Jackson, who evacuated the building with her mother Barbara Banke, chairman of Jackson Family Wines, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. The family owns the maker of Kendall-Jackson Chardonnay.