Evacuation of Waterway Landing and Upper New Lake
Incident: Evans Road Wildfire
Released: 6/10/2008
Evacuation of Waterway Landing and upper New Lake Rd area repeated due to fire advancement across some local trigger points and change in weather. Multiple local and mutual aid fire units are on scene along with N. C. Division of Forest Resources. Extremely smoky conditions have also now set in the entire Ponzer area. Visibility is greatly reduced. The Belhaven Fire Station remains open as a sheltering location for any displaced persons.
Tony Spencer
Hyde Co Emergency Management
