Lake County Sheriff’s Office issues Glass fire evacuation warnings for areas south of Middletown
- Elizabeth Larson
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Authorities have issued evacuation warnings for two areas south of Middletown due to the Glass fire getting closer to Lake County.
The Glass fire, which has been burning since last Sunday, grew by about 400 acres overnight for a total of 63,885 acres and 17-percent containment by Sunday morning, Cal Fire reported.
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office issued the evacuation warnings just after 3 p.m. for areas south of Rancheria Rancheria Road, east of the Lake-Sonoma County Line, north of the Lake-Napa County Line and west of Highway 29, and for South Mirable Road, east of Highway 29, north of the Lake-Napa County line and west of McGuire and Three Peaks ridgeline.
A map showing the evacuation warning areas is below.
“These Evacuation Warnings are due to the Glass Fire moving closer to the Lake County Line. We are asking everyone to take preparations in the event that a mandatory evacuation order is issued,” the sheriff’s office said in its alert.
Should evacuation orders be issued and shelter is needed, evacuees you will be directed to a temporary evacuation point, the sheriff’s office said.
Cal Fire said Highway 29 remains closed to vehicle traffic in both directions between Tubbs
Lane and the Lake County line.
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