Mudslide buries portion of Santa Rosa home, trapping residents
A mudslide cascaded onto a home in Santa Rosa Tuesday evening, trapping residents inside until rescue crews were able to reach them, authorities said.
The Sonoma County Fire Protection District said the slide happened around 5 p.m. Tuesday on Deer Trail Court west of Wallace Road and just east of Rincon Ridge.
The slide severely damaged the home, collapsing part of its walls and roof and causing the home to buckle with the second floor separating from the bottom portion of the home.
District spokeswoman Karen Hancock said the slide trapped residents inside the home for a time until firefighters safely rescued them. No injuries were reported.
The house, perched against a hillside, had been rebuilt on the burn scar after the 2017 Tubbs Fire, making it especially vulnerable to heavy rain, said Hancock.
The Press Democrat reported residents of the home had previously evacuated during the 2019 Kincade Fire and 2020 Glass Fire, both of which narrowly missed the home.
The home was the second to be damaged or destroyed in Sonoma County on Tuesday because of the effects of the atmospheric river-fueled storm. Earlier during Tuesday's downpour, a slide pushed a home into the swollen Russian River in Forestville, where it was completely washed away.
No one was in the home at the time.
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