MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDER (FORT ROSS FIRE)For the following area:-West of Meyers Grade Rd to the coast -South of Fort Ross Rd -North of the intersection of Meyers Grade Rd at HWY 1 If you are in this area, grab your bag and evacuate now.https://t.co/RwXP4yYAkH pic.twitter.com/uDOWiMQ2r5. She started her journalism career reporting on crime and breaking news for The News-Press in Southwest Florida. Residents should remain in their cars and are asked to wear a face covering. Go to socoemergency.org or call 2-1-1 if you have questions. View the interactive evacuation map and search by address at https://arcg.is/0buuL1. NOTES: Fire personnel are still active in the area. For a full description, times, and a list of organizations at these locations click here. Tens of thousands more people throughout the state are under evacuation orders spurred by hundreds of lightning-sparked fires. All Access Digital offer for just 99 cents! Extreme fire behavior with short and long range spotting are continuing to challenge firefighting efforts. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. An important function of CAL FIRE's web site is to provide additional resources to Californians. WildFire 13-4 is growing and has now been upgraded to a Mandatory Evacuation. If you are in Zone 2E4 EVACUATE NOW. Also, more Napa County residents have been ordered to join thousands of their neighbors and evacuate due to multiple lightning-caused fires burning across that county. Walbridge Fire (merged with Stewarts): West of Healdsburg. If you need help evacuating livestock, call 707-234-7193. Rhonda Hall fled her Guerneville apartment Tuesday with her teenage daughter, adult son and pets. Air conditioning units and car vent systems should be set to re-circulate to prevent outside air from moving inside. The Sorensons own their cleaning services company, "if we allow our town to get trash, then we have a trashy town," He said as they try to prevent the trash going into the river. We know, as does Sonoma County, the wildfire capacity in this region. You can also call 1(800)743-5000. Check with your neighbors to ensure they have been made aware of the order. Theres not a lot of people living up there, but the potential is always that it can spread, so thats why we issued the evacuation warning, county spokesman Paull Gullixson said. PLS SHARE - EVACUATION ORDER - CoveloAreas of Short Creek, Hill Road and Capistran Ranch are now under an EVACUATION ORDER due to active fire. These areas are referenced in grids 2E1, 2E2, 2E3 and 2E4 of the attached map. The Sorensons own their cleaning services company, "if we allow our town to get trash, then we have a trashy town," He said as they try to prevent the trash going into the river. If you come across any downed power lines treat them as live and call 911 and then PG&E. Areas under evacuation order due to the immediate threat to life now include everything west of Lake Berryessa along Berryessa Knoxville Road between Highway 128 and East Side Road, according to Cal Fire. Mandatory evacuations were ordered for all homes north of Highway 285 between Jefferson Street and North Henderson Road just after 2 p.m. Rio County tweeted an update to the evacuation order at 4:35 p.m. "If your house is east of Truman you are clear to enter your home.". NOTE: People returning to their homes off of West Dry Creek Road will have to utilize Lambert Bridge Road and Yoakim Bridge Road to return. We ask for the medias continued discretion and compassion as residents go through an extremely difficult time. $1,000 reward for information leading to the return of this beloved public sculpture! 2022 County of Sonoma. Some residents were even trying to go about life as usual in Guerneville, to the southwest of Healdsburg and downwind from the approaching fire. Louis Hansen covers housing issues for the Bay Area News Group and is based at The Mercury News. "We're not going anywhere, we stay here". Everybody on my block is upset, said Linda McDowell, 71, who started packing her car for what would have been her third evacuation in three years before someone figure out that Austin Creek was nowhere near Windsor and she and her husband didnt need to worry. So were not going anywhere.. Quirk was in labor with their oldest daughter 5-year-old Stella when they evacuated from the Valley Fire. Future orders will reference this map as well. Were looking to it was in fact the technology, the application of the technology, or if it was operator error, he said. The online map has been updated. We will send an alert for each area as it re-opens. Sonoma County Emergency Management Director Chris Godley said a duty officer had been dispatched to the scene, where Cal Fire officials were busy assessing the situation. It issued issued Spare the Air Alerts for Tuesday and Wednesday, banning the burning of wood, manufactured fire logs or any other solid fuel, both indoors and outdoors. The new areas are on the fires northern and western fronts. Cal Fire Sonoma-Lake-Napa first tweeted about the. "We're not going anywhere, we stay here". Updated: 10 months ago / Posted Apr 21, 2022. The 13-4 fire is burning in an area near Gray Creek and the end of Mill Creek Road, west of Healdsburg and north of the Austin Creek recreational area. All other areas under evacuation order are still closed. A separate, planned outage is affecting about 134 Guerneville customers, she said. Janet Upton, the Napa County public information officer, said only two people spent the night at Crosswalk Community Church in the city of Napa, the countys sole designated evacuation center as of now. The Sorensons own their cleaning services company, "if we allow our town to get trash, then we have a trashy town," He said as they try to prevent the trash going into the river. The LNU Lightning Complex fire continues burring regions of Solano and Napa counties. Those who require additional time to evacuate, and those with pets and livestock should leave now. Multiple fires have merged on the north side of Lake Berryessa into the Hennessey Fire, and continue to actively burn with critical spreads and is moving into large areas of timber. Get Morning Report and other email newsletters, GUERNEVILLE, CA - AUGUST 22: Sally Sorenson and her husband Keary Sorenson, of Monte Rio, clean up the street and remove trash from the trash can into their hauling truck in downtown Guerneville, Calif., which is under evacuation order as the LNU Lightning Complex fire continues burring regions of Solano and Napa counties on Saturday, Aug., 22, 2020. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group), HEALDSBURG, CA - AUGUST 23: A stray cow is escorted by a police cruiser to safety as it walks along Dry Creek Road in Healdsburg, Calif., on Sunday, Aug., 23, 2020. The largest is the Gamble fire, which by 7 a.m. had burned 5,000 acres near Berryessa Knoxville Road, west of Brooks. Hello world! New mandatory evacuations as of 4 p.m. include areas: West of Meyers. Heres where each stood at 8:15 p.m. Tuesday: 13-4 fire: 500 acres west of Healdsburg. With the record heatwave expected to continue through Thursday night, PG&E strongly encourages all customers to continue conserving to reduce the overall demand for power, Contreras said in a statement, adding that the rolling blackouts are different from the planned power outages PG&E occasionally imposes to prevent its equipment from starting wildfires. Authorities say an emergency fund is also in the works for those who sustained damage or lost their properties. "No, there's hundreds of people there, actually." The LNU Lightning Complex has burned at least 219,067 acres and . Those needing emergency housing can head to the Church of the Nazarene at 228 Madison Street. The smaller fire, known as 11-16, named for the Cal Fire battalion involved and the order in which it was found as a lightning storm sparked fires around the region on Monday, was about 15 acres at last check in the Meyers Grade area near the coast, fire officials said. 2023 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. But when it will be over is anyones guess. Cal Fire says evacuation is now mandatory for back-country areas in the hills north of the Austin Creek State Recreation Area due to a lightning-sparked wildfire known as the 13-4 fire. Guerneville is under evacuation order as the LNU Lightning Complex fire continues burning regions of Napa, Sonoma, Solano, Lake and Yolo counties. #EnergyConservation is helping but #CA consumers should prepare for #poweroutages. We recommend you stay home for the day once you arrive. If you need help evacuating animals, call 707-861-0699 (Sonoma CART). 0% contained. A little after noon Tuesday, Napa County announced an additional order 390 homes in the Berryessa Estates neighborhood. But for some residents in the North Bay towns on the path of their third major wildfire since 2017, all they wanted Saturday was some sense of normalcy. Future orders will reference these maps as well. Residents do not need to bring pets or animals with them. The fire is currently 2,360 acres and 99% contained. Please continue to adhere to road closures and any evacuation warnings. 0% contained. Poor air quality continues for much of the state due to ongoing wildfires. All rights reserved. All other areas under evacuation order are still closed. City of Monte Vista will establish a fund to help support survivors. Roads closed included Chiles Pope Valley Road, Sage Canyon Road and Highway 128. Prepare to take care of family and pets, by having an emergency kit ready and talk to your neighbors so you have a plan to help and alert one another if needed.. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group), GUERNEVILLE, CA - AUGUST 22: Sally Sorenson, right, and her husband Keary Sorenson, of Monte Rio, not pictured, placed a "Thank you firefighters" sign on a corner in downtown Guerneville, Calif., which is under evacuation order as the LNU Lightning Complex fire continues burring regions of Solano and Napa counties on Saturday, Aug., 22, 2020. Smoke from the fire has blanketed much of central Sonoma County, with gray ash falling miles from the fire front on the eastern side of Highway 101. You can call 2-1-1 or visit socoalerts.org if you have any questions. As of early Sunday, about 32,000 people in Sonoma County alone were under an evacuation order, according to sheriffs office spokeswoman Misti Wood, although those orders were downgraded to warnings in several areas, including Dry Creek Valley outside Healdsburg, and eastern Forestville. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group), HEALDSBURG, CA - AUGUST 23: Kelly Dicke, of Healdsburg, monitors the Walbridge Fire on the ridges near her property seen from Chemise Road in Healdsburg, Calif., as LNU Lightning Complex fire continues burning regions of Napa and Solano counties on Sunday, Aug., 23, 2020. Do not wait to start gathering your things and be ready to leave. Check with your neighbors to ensure they have been made aware of the order. If you need help evacuating animals, call 707-861-0699 (Sonoma CART). View the interactive evacuation map and search by address at https://arcg.is/0buuL1. If you are in Zone 1D5 be prepared to evacuate. Since the lightning siege that started on Saturday, August 15, 2020, there have been over 13,000 lightning strikes. Advisory: Bennett Valley Rd Fire in Santa Rosa are is under control & contained. If PG&E is told to turn off power, outages are expected to last 1 to 2 hours, according to the utilitys website, which includes a schedule of estimated shutoff times by outage block. The biggest fires are: Hennessey Fire (merged with Gamble, Green, Aetna, Markley, Morgan, Spanish and Round): Napa County, 192,000 acres, Walbridge Fire (merged with Stewarts): Sonoma County, west of Healdsburg, 20,000 acres, Meyers Fire: Sonoma County, north of Jenner, 3,000 acres. The fire is current 194,942 acres and 7% contained. Those precautions werent enough to convince Hall to stay both she and her daughter have asthma and could develop severe symptoms if they catch COVID-19. _____________________________________________________________________________, Evacuation order downgraded to warning in Rio Nido and Stewarts Point Skaggs Springs Rd areas, Zone 2A3 is downgraded from Evacuation Order to Evacuation Warning. All other areas under evacuation order are still closed. The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office is downgrading an Evacuation Order to an Evacuation Warning for the Walbridge Fire area. We will send an alert for other areas as they are cleared to be re-opened. Go to https://socoemergency.org or call 2-1-1 if you have any questions. Evacuation Orders have been lifted and are no longer in effect for the portion of Silverado Trail between Rosedale Road and Highway 29. 15-10 fire: 8,000 acres near Putah Creek Bridge and Berryessa Knoxville Road. We will send an alert for each area as it re-opens. Use extreme caution when around any burned areas that may be present. She graduated from American University with a BA degree in literature with a minor in journalism. Weather conditions overnight were more favorable, yet there were nearly 300 lightning strikes across California. Meyers Fire: North of Jenner. By day's end Wednesday, the fire destroyed 105 homes and damaged 70 other buildings, nearly tripling in size to 124,000 acres across Sonoma, Lake, Napa, Yolo and Solano counties. This means you can now return home at your own risk. Evacuations are in place for residence in the area of 4600 block of Bennett Valley Road, Bennett View Drive near Fable Court and on Mount Taylor Drive above Bennett View Drive. Dry weather expected Tuesday into Friday with high temperatures slightly above normal for northern California and significant cool down is likely this week with an onshore flow and deep marine layer in southern California. After so many close brushes with fire, theyve learned some lessons. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group), HEALDSBURG, CA - AUGUST 21:Part of the Milky Way is seen in the night sky as the LNU Lightning Complex fire continues burning vegetation in the ridges near Chemise Road in Healdsburg, Calif., on Friday, Aug., 21, 2020. Monte Rio triangle on Hwy 116 in early January 2022. 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The couple also lost a cannabis farm in the Kincade Fire last year, which they replaced with a new one in Lake County, under the name Menegon Farms. Categories . Shortly after 4 p.m. Sonoma County Sheriff's Office tweeted a new evacuation order for the 11-16 Fire in the Meyers Grade Road area: . The burn area is under a Public Health Order due to health hazards created by the fire and remains closed. The public is reminded to stay vigilant on current fire conditions. The area that needs to evacuate immediately is South of Stewarts Point-Skaggs Springs Road, North of Austin Creek, West of the intersection of Mill Creek Road at Puccioni Road and East of the Cedars. You can call 2-1-1 if you have any questions. East of the south fork of the Gualala River. CAL FIRE Resources > https://www.fire.ca.gov/resources/, Tuesday August 18th, 2020 :: 03:12 p.m. PDT. North of Coleman Valley Rd. No off-topic remarks. Evacuation warnings had been issued for areas around Highway 128 at Silverado Trail to Chiles Pope Valley Road, Highway 128 at Lower Chiles Valley Road to Turtle Rock. 10,000 structures are threatened by the Tick Fire burning near Santa Clarita. Mandatory Evacuation Order has been expanded to include all residents in the follow area(s): 2A3 This is a very rural area with no clear defining boundaries. The American Red Cross will be available at the church. dead ends, extending west to the Russian River. Communities along the Russian River Valley are gearing. What caused the fire is being investigated. August 18, 2020 3:14 PM -- Nixle alert: SONOMA CO SHERIFF Alert: Evacuate Immediately if you're in the area. I guess they all are now, Menegon said, watching 9-month-old Ruby play on the grass. There will be smoke in the respective areas as firefighters continue firefighting operations. GUERNEVILLE, CA - AUGUST 22: Keary Sorenson, of Monte Rio, of Monte Rio, takes photos of the signs he and his wife Sally put on a corner in downtown Guerneville, Calif., which is under. Emergency Housing is at Church of the Nazarene at 228 Madison Street. Continue to follow the instructions of first responders in the area and make sure to listen for hi-lo sirens if fire conditions change. MV FIRE Update @ 15:20: Press Conference will be at 6pm. You may also visit https://arcg.is/0buuL1, type in your address and see what the status is of your zone. If you feel you are in danger, please evacuate now. click on the name of the fire on the legend on the left of the map. She has no idea how many more days her family will have to sit in a motel room, watching TV and trying not to think about the fire. Within a few hours, they had to move again without getting a refund on their room. You can also call 1(800)743-5000. (Cal Fire) According to Cal Fire, no structures were threatened and no evacuations were ordered. NOTE: All access to Lake Sonoma remains closed. All of Zone 2E2 is now under Evacuation Warning. This is a summary of all incidents, including those managed by CAL FIRE and other partner agencies. Santa Rosa, CA | For a brief moment, it looked like she and her family might get spots in the Sonoma State University dorms, which have been reserved for medically vulnerable evacuees. The fire is currently 25 acres and 0% contained. The affected area covers about 20 square miles of back country located north of the Austin Creek recreational area, east of The Cedars Gateway Ecological Preserve off King Ridge Road, south of Stewarts Point-Skaggs Spring Road and west of the end of Mill Creek Road. The burn area is under a Public Health Order due to health hazards created by the fire. Everything west of the eastern edge of Lake Sonoma to the western boundarythat runs north along the ridge line from the intersection of Stewarts Point Skaggs Springs Rd @ Old Stewarts Point Skaggs Springs Road to the interception of Rockpile Road @ Cooley Ranch Road north to the Mendocino County Line. We're letting some people back into their homes," said Arthur. All you can go back to is: Is everything going to be OK? The California Independent Systems Operator, a nonprofit that oversees the broader electric grid and monitors energy demand and supply statewide, said mid-afternoon it was seeing consumer conservation make a dent but that power outages are still likely for energy shortfalls.. This means you can now return home at your own risk. Below you will find information on how to become a part of CAL FIREs business network, obtain public records, hired equipment policy and services, reporting fires on state properties, CAL FIREs operational units, and more. California wine country evacuees stuck in, Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), Los Gatos: Hundreds still without power as Black Road repair project finishes early, California wine country evacuees stuck in hellish limbo as fire rages on. Published by on June 29, 2022. In Sonoma County, the Walbridge Fire has since merged with Stewarts, for a total of 20,000 acres burned as of Thursday night. Three fires burning on the eastern rim of the Napa Valley have now consumed more than 12,200 acres and were burning out of control Tuesday, Cal Fire reported. UPDATED: Please read and follow our commenting policy: MARY CALLAHAN, WILL SCHMITT, NASHELLY CHAVEZ, LORI A. CARTER, PHIL BARBER. We recommend you stay home for the day once you arrive. started Thursday afternoon and triggered evacuation orders for 40,000 people. As many as 15,700 Sonoma County residents are impacted by evacuation orders and warnings throughout the county, officials said. Monte Rio Fire Chief Steve . Crews are working on hotspots. Register to participate in these drills and learn more about evacuation exercises at www.SoCoTest.org. Theres going to be a lot of traffic in the area so please drive safely; our priority is getting everyone home safely. We will send an alert for each area as it re-opens. The following areas have had all evacuation orders lifted: North of the Dry Creek and the norther fork of Lake Sonoma County, West of Dutcher Creek, City of Coverdale city limits and Hwy 128, Sweetwater at Westside (Moved from Wholer at Eastside Road), River Road at McPeak just west of Korbel (Moved from River Road at River Drive), Mountain Jackson Resort Road at Westside Road (Moved from River Road at Odd Fellows Road), 14900 Stewarts Point Skaggs Springs Road (Moved from 22303 Skaggs Springs Road), King Ridge Road at Cazadero Highway (Already in place), Move TCP from Dutcher Creek at Dry Creek to the Fish Hatchery, _______________________________________________________________. 0% contained. "We're not going anywhere, we stay here". WildFire 13-4 est creciendo y ahora se ha actualizado a Evacuacin obligatoria. Please be advised that areas nearest the fire may have had PG&E services temporarily disrupted while the fire was being fought. The burn area is under a Public Health Order due to hazards created by the fire. The burn area is still under Evacuation Order, as well as, ordered closed by the Sonoma County Health Officer. Residents living south of Stewarts Point Skaggs Springs Road, west of West Dry Creek and Westside roads, north of Sweetwater Springs and McCray Ridge roads and east of Austin Creek itself now are under orders to evacuate, according to Cal Fire. The Sorensons own their cleaning services company, "if we allow our town to get trash, then we have a trashy town," He said as they try to prevent the trash going into the river. PGE&E is working around the clock to restore services to all its unaffected costumers. The utility remained on standby if it was ordered to impose potential rotating outages, said spokeswoman Deanna Contreras. Multiple wildfires inside and outside of the Bay Area are creating an unhealthy breathing environment, Jack Broadbent, executive officer of the Air District, said in a statement. Godley said evacuation warning issued through the Wireless Emergency Alert system, or WEA, should have been targeted. Evacuate to: Monte Rio Community Center 20488 Highway 116 in Monte Rio Residents who live in these communities are encouraged to register for the exercise at SoCoTest.org and to receive the alert at the start of the exercise.