--- description: The fire was spread across more than 6,000 acres title: Forest Fire Ravages 6,000 Acres in California image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltffbe3f57a48b3497/69885c43cd6848a7650a0f2d/wragg-fire-california.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Huge Forest Fire Ravages 6,000 Acres in Northern California by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 24, 2015 12:33 AM CUT  CalFire Air tanker drops fire retardant on a ridge above Pleasants Valley Rd. near Winters, Calif., as crews continue to battle the Wragg Fire on July 23, 2015. CalFire Air tanker drops fire retardant on a ridge above Pleasants Valley Rd. near Winters, Calif., as crews continue to battle the Wragg Fire on July 23, 2015.Joel Rosenbaum—AP by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 24, 2015 12:33 AM CUT The Wragg fire on the outskirts of California’s Napa Valley chewed through thousands of acres of steep, treacherous terrain Thursday, forcing mandatory evacuations of two small communities and threatening more than 200 structures, fire officials said. The fire in the area of Wragg Canyon near Lake Berryessa in Napa and Solano counties spread from 1,000 acres Wednesday night to 6,700 by early Thursday afternoon, the state, local and federal interagency team battling the blaze said. More than 1,300 firefighters were in the scene, less than 24 hours after the fire started. Lake Berryessa is about 30 miles east of Napa Valley. Winds were erratic, but they… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/western-wildfires/apocalyptic-wragg-fire-races-through-thousands-california-acres-n397421?cid=par-time-article%5F20150724 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3970551/wragg-forest-fire-napa/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3970551/wragg-forest-fire-napa/"},"headline":"Huge Forest Fire Ravages 6,000 Acres in Northern California","datePublished":"2015-07-24T00:33:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T09:32:59.647Z","description":"\"It's unbelievable fire could spread so fast\"","url":"https://time.com/3970551/wragg-forest-fire-napa/","keywords":["California"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltffbe3f57a48b3497/69885c43cd6848a7650a0f2d/wragg-fire-california.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltffbe3f57a48b3497/69885c43cd6848a7650a0f2d/wragg-fire-california.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"wragg fire california","caption":"wragg fire california","creditText":"Joel Rosenbaum—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3970551/wragg-forest-fire-napa/","name":"Huge Forest Fire Ravages 6,000 Acres in Northern California"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Watch: A Timelapse of Climate Change","description":"Climate Change","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/ywHiuC83/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2013-05-09T17:46:05.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/ywHiuC83.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3970551/wragg-forest-fire-napa/","duration":"PT48S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3970551/wragg-forest-fire-napa/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```