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LCSO issues Mandatory evacutation for Nice
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. -- The LCSO has issued a mandatory evacuation order for Nice.
Residents are advised to leave immediately.
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. -- The LCSO has issued a mandatory evacuation order for Nice.
Residents are advised to leave immediately.
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. -- The Lake County Sheriff's Office has issued a mandatory evacuation order for Upperlake, California in response to the spread of the Ranch Fire.
LCSO advises residents to evacuate immediately.
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The Lake County Sheriff’s Office confirmed the following list of mandatory and advisory evacuations just before 8 p.m.
Mandatory evacuation orders
River fire
– All areas west of Highway 29 between Highland Springs Road and 11th Street/Scotts Valley Road, and west to the Lake/Mendocino County Line. This includes all of Hendricks Road.
Ranch fire
– Witter Springs, Bachelor Valley, Saratoga Springs.
– Elk Mountain Road, north of Rancheria Road to Middle Creek Campground and west to the county line.
– East side of Elk Mountain Road, from Rancheria Road to the Middle Creek Campground.
– Blue Lakes.
Advisory evacuation orders
River fire
– South of Park Way and east of Highway 29 to Big Valley Road – basically everything east of 29 between Park Way and Big Valley.
Ranch fire
– Entire community of Upper Lake and surrounding areas.
Additional updates will be posted below.
UPDATES:
6:55 p.m.: Firefighters report that people are stopping along Highway 20 and causing a dangerous situation. They also were concerned that the Ranch fire was going to cross the highway and reach high tension power lines. The specific location was not reported. The fire also was said to be making significant runs.
7:04 p.m.: Two planes were requested to respond to the River fire.
7:05 p.m.: The spread of the Ranch fire along Highway 20 was reportedly slowing, with firefighters holding it in a creekbed, with the wind in their favor. The California Highway Patrol was clearing people off Highway 20. There were still concerns about the fire getting to power lines.
7:16 p.m.: The Lake County Sheriff’s Office, Lakeport Police Department and allied agencies – Clearlake Police, Ukiah Police and the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office – are actively patrolling for unauthorized entry into evacuation areas. Officials said any unauthorized person who willfully and knowingly enters a disaster area and who willfully remains within the area after receiving notice to evacuate or leave shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
7:20 p.m.: From the Lake County Sheriff’s Office: “This is a mandatory evacuation notice for the east side of Elk Mountain Road from Rancheria Road to the Middle Creek Campground. Residents are advised to evacuate immediately. A shelter has been established at the Mountain Vista Middle School in Kelseyville, and another at the Twin Pines Casino in Middletown that will open after 11 p.m.
7:38 p.m.: The Lake County Sheriff’s Office issued an evacuation advisory for the entire community of Upper Lake and the surrounding areas due to the approach of the Ranch Fire.
8:36 p.m.: A mandatory evacuation notice for the Blue Lakes area has been issued. The Lake County Sheriff's Office asks residents to please leave immediately.
9:38 p.m.: Cal Fire reports the Ranch fire now at 5,000 acres and 5-percent contained, while the River fire is 9,000 acres, also 5-percent contained. Total structures threatened by both remains at 386. So far, two structures destroyed.
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