Beginning on the night of October 8 , 2017 , five percent of the city 's homes were destroyed in the Tubbs Fire , a 45,000-acre wildfire that claimed the lives of at least 19 people in Sonoma County . Named after its origin near Tubbs Lane and Highway 128 in nearby Napa County , the fire became a major section of the most destructive and third deadliest firestorm in California history . Most homes in the Coffey Park , Larkfield-Wikiup , and Fountain Grove neighborhoods were destroyed
Tubbs Fire
Tubbs Fire
Santa Rosa, California