SOUTH LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Lake County officials on Tuesday evening issued an evacuation advisory for the area near a wildland fire that began at the Napa and Lake County line earlier in the day.
At 6:30 p.m. the Lake County Office of Emergency Services and the Lake County Sheriff's Office put a voluntary evacuation in place for the Butts Canyon corridor in Lake County due to the Butts Fire.
This is an advisory evacuation only, officials said.
As of 7:30 p.m., the last confirmed size estimate from Cal Fire officials at the scene was 2,700 acres with 30-percent containment.
Evacuations began earlier for residents on the west side of the 7800 block of Butts Canyon Road to north of Snell Valley Road and in Berryessa Estates in Napa County, as Lake County News has reported. Additional residents in those areas were to be escorted out Tuesday evening.
For those who wish to evacuate, an evacuation center with overnight accommodations has been set up by the Red Cross at the Middletown High School, located at 20932 Big Canyon Road.
Officials ask that area residents not call 9-1-1 unless they have a current life or death emergency.
If you are evacuating and are unable to do so because of a medical/ambulatory condition, please call the dispatch nonemergency number at 707-263-2690 to coordinate your removal to the evacuation center.