The Butts fire burns in Napa County early on Wednesday. (Stuart Palley / EPA)
A Cal Fire air tanker makes a retardant drop at the Butts fire in the Napa County near St. Helena on Wednesday. (Stuart Palley / EPA)
Private hire helicopters make water drops on the Butts fire above Snell Valley as the afternoon winds kicked up Wednesday near Middletown, Calif. (Kent Porter / Associated Press)
Fire crews move out to battle the Butts Fire in the Napa County near St. Helena. (Stuart Palley / EPA)
California Department of Corrections crews clear brush along a road near the Butts fire in preparation for a firing operation in Napa County near St. Helena. (Stuart Palley / EPA)
A Delta inmate crew with Cal Fire prepares to cut a line around the Butts fire along Butts Canyon Road on July 1. (Kent Porter / Associated Press)
A Department of Corrections hand crew mobilizes to cut a containment line off of Butts Canyon Road near Middletown, Calif., on Wednesday. (Paul Chinn / Associated Press)
Kelseyville firefighters prepare to pull back from the fire on Butts Canyon Road as the fire jumps the road Tuesday outside Middletown, Calif., at the border between Lake and Napa counties. (Kent Porter / Associated Press)
Smoke rises from the Butts Canyon fire on Tuesday near Middletown, Calif., on the border between Lake and Napa counties. (Kent Porter / Associated Press)
