'It was coming fast': Santa Rosa's northern suburbs leveled by wildfire
SANTA ROSA, Calif. - The fire spared little as it swept through the idyllic northern neighborhoods of Santa Rosa.
The McDonald's, the Applebee's, the Kmart, the round red barn built in 1899, the neat-as-a-pin tract homes - all burned to the ground.
In the early-morning darkness, residents grabbed what they could and fled. Patients at hospitals and nursing homes were evacuated on gurneys. Winery owners left their vineyards behind, not knowing whether their grapevines would be there when they returned.
The Fountaingrove Inn,
