Couple’s Healdsburg-area home burns outside Point Fire evacuation zone. Were wildfire embers to blame? Outside of the evacuation zone, the couple received no order to leave their property.

The Point Fire, first reported about 12:50 p.m., grew quickly amid afternoon heat and gusts topping 30 mph, sending smoke into Santa Rosa and other parts of southern Sonoma County.

The Point Fire in Sonoma County that broke out Sunday and burned more than 1,000 acres slowed ... Men watch as the Point Fire burns over a vineyard in Healdsburg, Calif., Sunday, June 16 ...

The Point Fire ignited at 12:33 p.m. Sunday in the area of Stewarts Point Skaggs Springs Road north of Healdsburg. A huge plume of dark smoke billowed up from burning brush and timber. First ...

HEALDSBURG, Calif. - The Point Fire in Sonoma County has burned 1,207 acres, according to Cal Fire. Sonoma County officials have declared a local emergency in response to the wildfire that was 40% ...

UPDATE. HEALDSBURG, Calif. - The Point Fire burning Sunday in northern Sonoma County near Lake Sonoma is up to 900 acres and remains at 15% containment, according to Cal Fire.

The Point Fire has been burning in a sparsely populated area near Lake Sonoma northwest of Healdsburg since Sunday.. The fire has burned 1,207 acres, according to a briefing from Cal Fire at 6 p.m ...

A Cal Fire helicopter prepares to drop water on Point Fire in Healdsburg, Calif., on Monday, June 17, 2024. Scott Strazzante/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images ...

Firefighters continued to attack the Point Fire in Sonoma County, doubling containment overnight Tuesday while the size of the blaze remained at just over 1,200 acres, according to Cal Fire.

Firefighters extinguish a burning outbuilding as the Point Fire spreads along West Dry Creek Road in Healdsburg, Calif., on Sunday, June 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Noah Berger) ...