Some Evacuation Orders Downgraded in La Brea Fire
Incident: La Brea Fire Wildfire
Released: 8/16/2009
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICE
105 E. Anapamu St., Fourth Floor · Santa Barbara, CA 93101
(805) 568-3400 · FAX (805) 568-34149
www.countyofsb.org
P R E S S R E L E A S E
News Media Contact:
William Boyer, Communications Director La Brea Fire No. 09-005
(805) 568-3400 DATE: August 16, 2009 / 12:00 PM wboyer@co.santa-barbara.ca.us FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
OR
U.S. Forest Service
Los Padres National Forest / Goleta HQs
(805) 961-5770
Some Evacuation Orders Downgraded in La Brea Fire
Effective immediately at 12:00 p.m., Sunday, August 16, 2009, the mandatory Evacuation Order previously issued by the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office for the following areas of the La Brea Fire will be changed to an Evacuation Warning:
- ALL of Tepusquet Canyon, from Santa Maria Mesa Road to Highway 166
- ALL of Colson Canyon, including Blazing Saddles Drive
- ALL of Ruiz Canyon
- Buckhorn Canyon Road
- Pine Canyon Road
An Evacuation Warning means residents may return to there homes, but people in the warning area also need to be prepared to leave should the warning status change.
All other evacuation advisories remain in effect and unchanged.
Residents returning to these areas are asked to use extreme caution as there are still many fire vehicles and other emergency equipment and personnel in this area and on the local roads.
The Los Padres National Forest closure order remains in effect. Colson Campground and Horseshoe Springs Campgrounds also remain closed.
Currently, the Santa Barbara County Chapter of the American Red Cross continues to maintain two temporary evacuation shelters in support of emergency operations. The Benjamin Foxen School in Sisquoc and the high school in Cuyama.
People who need assistance with animals are asked to call the Animal Information at (805) 681-4332.
Fire information continued to be posted online at http://www.inciweb.org/ or on the County's website http://www.countyofsb.org/.
Or by calling the USFS Fire Information Line at (805) 961-5770 from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
