Map showing Hanly Fire (1964) footprint vs. Tubbs Fire (2017) in Sonoma and Napa counties

Map showing the footprint of the Hanly Fire (1964) compared to the Tubbs Fire (2017). (Dennis Bolt for the Press Democrat)
Map showing the footprint of the Hanly Fire (1964) compared to the Tubbs Fire (2017). (Dennis Bolt for the Press Democrat)

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The Press Democrat is devoting coverage over the month of October to the five-year mark following the 2017 North Bay firestorm.

The most destructive and deadly of those fires, the Tubbs, cut a nearly 12-mile path from the outskirts of Calistoga to Santa Rosa that was eerily similar to the 1964 Hanly Fire.

How similar?

This map tells in part that story and the questions about growth and fire safety that continue to hang over the region in the wake of the catastrophic fires of the past five years. Click here for updating coverage of the firestorm anniversary.

See the home movie that caught footage of the 1964 Hanly Fire here.

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