With a string of devastating wildfires engulfing areas of
California's Napa and Sonoma wine regions, tourism marketing organization Visit
Napa Valley advised visitors to make alternate travel plans until the fires
have been contained.
"Due to road passage difficulty and poor air quality,
please consider making alternate travel plans until the fires in Napa Valley
have been contained," Visit Napa Valley said in a statement.
Visit Napa Valley has created a web page
listing businesses that are open and closed. It noted that updated information
on the wildfires can be found on the Napa County Sheriff's Office website.
According to the California Department of Forestry and Fire
Protection, 17 large wildfires started burning across California on Sunday
night and have burned more than 115,000 acres of land. Eleven people have died
as a result of the wildfires in Northern California's Sonoma, Mendocino, Napa
and Yuba counties, which have already burned an estimated 1,500 homes and
commercial structures.
Hilton said that
the 250-room Hilton Sonoma Wine Country in Santa Rosa sustained fire damage. Some Marriott
International hotels, including the Westin Verasa
Napa and Las Alcobas Napa Valley, have temporarily suspended
new reservations.