California Governor Gavin Newsom’s Multimillion Dollar Winery Threatened By New Fire Less Than 3 Miles Away; Property Surrounded By Multiple Blazes
Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorAs California Governor Gavin Newsom toured the wildfire damage in the Deer Park area of Napa County on Thursday, a new blaze, dubbed the Campbell Fire, broke out very close to the winery he co-owns with oil heir Gordon Getty.His Plumpjack Winery off of Highway 29 near Oakville has been increasingly threatened over the past few days by the Glass Fire, which was ignited September 27 to the north, near Calistoga. The fire has scorched 57,000 acres and now stands at 5% containment.According to the morning’s Cal Fire briefing, arms of The Glass Fire are now making two separate pushes, one south, the other east, toward Newsom’s multimillion dollar winery.