Wildfire — Santa Lucia Mountains and Los Padres National Forest, California

2020-07-15 to 2020-07-20 · Santa Lucia Mountains and Los Padres National Forest, California

Event narrative

The Mineral Fire sparked in Fresno County on July 13th and slowly spread westward towards Monterey County. Areas were evacuated for several days https://www.ksbw.com/article/mineral-fire-prompts-evacuations-in-southeast-monterey-county/33341821.

Wider weather episode

A wildfire sparked in Fresno county and was burning towards the Monterey County line in mid July. The fire necessitated evacuations for parts of Monterey County. The evacuation notices were lifted several days later. The Coyote Fire broke out a couple of days later in nearby San Benito County destroying a few structures and also prompting evacuations. Smoke from both fires made its way into the Bay Area.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 901998. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.