<div class="css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn" data-testid="companionColumn-0"><div class="css-53u6y8"><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">The Pickett fire in Napa County in California grew on Thursday to more than 2,100 acres, and the city of Calistoga was under evacuation orders, the local fire department said.</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">The fire started on Thursday afternoon and nearly doubled in size late in the night from 1,200 acres, <a class="css-yywogo" href="https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2025/8/21/pickett-fire" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="">spreading southeast</a>, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, the state fire agency known as Cal Fire.</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">The fire appeared to be spreading away from the center of Calistoga, according to Cal Fire’s incident tracker.</p></div><aside aria-label="companion column" class="css-ew4tgv"></aside></div><div data-testid="RelatedLinksBlock-1"><div data-testid="lazy-loader"></div></div><div class="css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn" data-testid="companionColumn-1"><div class="css-53u6y8"><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">Evacuation orders issued on Thursday covered three zones of Calistoga with 72 residents, based on a New York Times analysis of the evacuation zones and LandScan population data. Another 474 people were under evacuation warnings in five other zones.</p></div><aside aria-label="companion column" class="css-ew4tgv"></aside></div><div data-testid="Dropzone-3"></div><div class="css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn" data-testid="companionColumn-2"><div class="css-53u6y8"><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">No injuries have been reported and no structures have been damaged, said Bob Tedeschini, the Cal Fire battalion chief in charge of the Pickett fire, in a video posted <a class="css-yywogo" href="https://x.com/CALFIRELNU/status/1958760440034426946" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="">on social media</a> on Thursday night. More than 200 firefighters were still fighting the blaze as of midnight local time.</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">California is facing one of its <a class="css-yywogo" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/weather/california-fire-season-forecast.html" title="">worst wildfire seasons</a> this year, fueled by some of the hottest summer temperatures on record and compounded by cuts to federal agencies that assist with firefighting, prevention and recovery, including the National Weather Service, the <a class="css-yywogo" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/climate/us-forest-service-layoffs-wildfires.html" title="">U.S. Forest Service</a> and the <a class="css-yywogo" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/us/disaster-season-fema-federal-cuts.html" title="">Federal Emergency Management Agency</a>.</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">Evacuated residents could find shelter at the Calistoga Community Center and Crosswalk Community Church, according to city officials.</p></div><aside aria-label="companion column" class="css-ew4tgv"></aside></div><div data-testid="InteractiveBlock-5"><div class="css-fqosqp" data-testid="interactive-block"><a class="css-1f0en3d" href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/us/wildfire-smoke-air-quality-maps.html"><div class="css-1fnp0wc"><img alt="" src="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2023/06/09/us/2023-06-06-haze-tracker-index/2023-06-06-haze-tracker-index-articleLarge-v2329.jpg"/></div><div class="css-1g3u91s"><h2 class="css-1a9yvhp">Maps: Tracking Air Quality and Smoke From Wildfires in Canada and the U.S.</h2><p class="css-vop5d5">See maps of where smoke is traveling and how harmful the air has become.</p></div></a></div></div><div data-testid="Dropzone-6"></div><div class="css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn" data-testid="companionColumn-3"><div class="css-53u6y8"><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">Calistoga has a population of about 5,200, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. A dozen vineyards in its vicinity are part of the renowned Napa Valley wine industry, and some would be in the path of the fire if it continues spreading southeast.</p></div><aside aria-label="companion column" class="css-ew4tgv"></aside></div><div data-testid="RelatedLinksBlock-8"><div data-testid="lazy-loader"></div></div>