Photos Show Valley Fire Damage To Clothing-Optional Resort Harbin Hot Springs
MIDDLETOWN (CBS SF) -- The ferocious Valley Fire reportedly torched the famed Harbin Hot Springs, a clothing-optional retreat center offering yoga and massage workshops in Middletown.
Harbin Hot Springs guests and residents were evacuated from the resort on Saturday. On its website last updated Sunday evening, Harbin says all reservations have been cancelled indefinitely and there have no specific reports of damage to the center.
On Monday morning, photographer Posterity Productions posted images on Facebook of what remained of the resort. Several photos show the smokey ruins of the hot and cold pools, the whimsical temple and some of the resort's rustic lodging.
Harbin lost to Valley Fire #valleyfire The top of the warm pool steps looking toward the heart pool and swimming pool #harbinhotsprings #valleyfire #harbin
Posted by Posterity Productions on Monday, September 14, 2015
Harbin lost to Valley Fire #harbinhotsprings #valleyfire #harbin The front entrance of the Temple (the two bathroom doors are on the right)
Posted by Posterity Productions on Monday, September 14, 2015
Harbin lost to Valley Fire #valleyfire Stonefront building from front left corner (this was the fireplace in the upper stonefront room - the garden is seen below) #harbinhotsprings #valleyfire #harbin
Posted by Posterity Productions on Monday, September 14, 2015
A devastating sight at Lake County's Harbin Hot Springs. #ValleyFire pic.twitter.com/HxyVKBTuX4
— Kurtis Alexander (@kurtisalexander) September 14, 2015
Harbin suffered damage from a wildfire in the 1900s, which burned down at least one hotel.
Heart Consciousness Church opens and operates the 5,000 acre resort.
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Cal Fire officials said that the Valley Fire that started in Lake County Saturday afternoon and has since spread to Napa County has burned about 61,000 acres and is only 5 percent contained as of Monday morning.
One person has died and four were injured in the wildfire, which was reported at 1:24 p.m. Saturday in the Cobb area of Lake County. About 400 homes and many hundreds of other structures have been destroyed in the fast-moving blaze, Cal Fire officials said at 6:30 a.m.
Mandatory evacuations have been issued in Lake and Napa counties, while Cal Fire also issued advisory evacuation notices for areas near Geyserville and Healdsburg in Sonoma County, according to Cal Fire.
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Evacuation centers are set up at Kelseyville Presbyterian Church in Kelseyville, the Napa County Fairgrounds in Calistoga and the Highland Senior Center in Clearlake, according to Cal Fire.
Gov. Jerry Brown on Sunday declared a state of emergency in Lake and Napa counties as a result of the fire.
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