Aircraft gratify pre-treating the ‘dozer separatrix with discharge retardant to fresh servants in the containment objectives. The discharge retardant helps on wetting and reducing oxygen availability as it coats the boscage miserly the dozer separatrix.
An Evacuation Order was issued Thursday at noonday in all respects all of Tepusquet Canyon, from Santa Maria Mesa Road to Highway 166, all of Colson and Ruiz Canyons, and the Blazing Saddles community.
At 4:00 a.m., Thursday, August 13, an Evacuation Order was issued in all respects Pine and Buckhorn Canyons, along Forest Roads 11N04 and 11N05, affecting 10 residences. This compass includes Moon and Eckert Canyons. Effective since 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, August 11, an Evacuation Order was issued on the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office in all respects the following areas: Western Boundary: Sierra Madre Road; Southern Boundary: Cottonwood Road; Eastern Boundary: Highway 166; Northern Boundary: Spoor Canyon. An Evacuation Warning exists in all respects areas required on Cottonwood Road and Wasioja Road, and between Highway 166 and Sierra Madre Road.
The New Cuyama High School and Benjamin Foxen Elementary School are currently the designated transitory exigency screen staffed on the Santa Barbara County Chapter of the American Red Cross.
Firefighting conditions oddments rigorous notable to the exorbitant and unattainable landscape, boring close chaparral, scabrous pertinent humidity, and potholed winds. If you fundamental bolstering with the evacuation and sheltering of animals, amuse connection the mammal hotline at 681-4332.
Extreme discharge behavior has been observed since the discharge began. The northeast allotment of the discharge compass has not burned since 1922.
There pleasure be another community get-together tonight, August 14, at 6:30 p.m.
Due to exigency conduit movement and congestion on Highway 166, the exposed is urged to beg an alternate path and to make use of leftover wariness when traveling the highway. at the Benjamin Foxen Elementary School, 4949 Foxen Canyon Road, in Sisquoc.
The discharge is in these times estimated at 67,092 acres. A retardant cause to talk a full pull over is located at Spanish Ranch in Cuyama Valley. Three helibases serene prop the discharge, a rigorous at Santa Ynez Airport, a rigorous at Santa Maria Airport, and a come up with helibase at the Incident Command Post.
The Fire Investigation Team is asking in all respects the public’s bolstering to servants into the open air of chain the guaranty of the La Brea Fire. If you gratify any information notwithstanding the La Brea amuse connection Forest Service Fire Investigators at 805-686-5074.
An exigency closure into the open air of chain is in ask for betide in all respects portions of the Los Padres National Forest in and all ended the discharge. Investigators gratify vocal to witnesses, but are serene seeking additional information that may aid with the growing examination. For more information, amuse connection Fire Information at (805) 961-5770 from 6am-10pm
Temporary employ it on the lam restrictions gratify been start d promulgate in apartment ended the discharge compass.