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Wildfire in Santa Lucia Mountains and Los Padres National Forest, California
Wildfire July 15, 2020 – July 20, 2020 · Santa Lucia Mountains and Los Padres National Forest, California
What the National Weather Service wrote
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.
The wider storm
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 901998. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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