Rubicon Area Fire - Caldor Fire Evacuations (1 Viewer)

[Road Apple]

In case anyone’s heading to the Rubicon and curious about a Sheriff’s mandatory evacuation notice texted directly to individuals who signed up for alerts, here ya go:

This is El Dorado County Sheriff's Office with an emergency message for your area. There is currently a fire in your area that is under a Mandatory evacuation order. You must leave your residence immediately in a safe manner. Please follow Emergency personnel's direction to leave the area. This is an immediate Evacuation order for north of Highway 50 and south of Slab Creek Reservoir between Larsen Road and Ice House Road. Recommended direction of travel is westbound Highway 50 towards Placerville.

 

[Road Apple]

The Caldor fire is growing fast with over 7,000 acres burned so far. Leak Springs Lookout has evacuated. Sly Park Hills under evacuation orders and Pollock Pines is recommended to evacuate... A forest closure is likely coming soon. Get out quickly if you are in the area, including the Rubicon Trail.

With the current winds and resources involved on other fires this will continue to grow. Expect hwy 50 and possibly Ice house to face closures for fire fighting personnel and evacuees.

 

[Road Apple]

 

[surfpig]

Over 65,000 acres as of right now. Zero containment.

If it crosses the river/HWY 50...

 

[Road Apple]

Over 65,000 acres as of right now. Zero containment.

If it crosses the river/HWY 50...

I know…really hoping CalFire is able to hold the line at Hwy 50. Looks like they made it through the night.

 

[LX5708]

Prayers going out to everyone working and Evacuating..

 

[TYM4FUN]

Caldor Fire Containment Sits At 76%; More Evacuations Downgraded

Full containment is expected by Sept. 27, according to fire officials.

sacramento.cbslocal.com

 

[Fast Eddy]

Rubicon Trail Management - El Dorado County

www.edcgov.us

 

[Road Apple]

Another map hosted at arcgis. It’s not looking good as spots no. of Kyburz seem to have spread and its getting close to HW50 a bit further up the hill as well. I understand an evacuation of So. Lake Tahoe area would be challenging due to lack of multi-lane evac roads. And… winds from SW are blowing directly toward Tahoe - ouch.

https://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=df8bcc10430f48878b01c96e907a1fc3#

 

[TYM4FUN]

Caldor Fire: Stretch of Highway 50 remains closed as tally of destroyed homes increases

 

[Road Apple]

There is very little fire history in front of the Caldor Fire - Wildfire Today

In order for the spread of the 117,000-acre Caldor Fire to stop or to be suppressed by firefighters, something will have to change — either the weather or the fuel. If the relative humidity stayed above 40 percent and the wind speed was less than five mph, it might lose enough intensity to allow...

wildfiretoday.com

 

[KT40]

Got my mom moved back in today. For those of you that know the area. Sierra Springs subdivision. Fire got probably 1/4 to 1/2 mile away. Too close. House survived. Thank goodness! Been a tough year with my dad’s passing this year. Not sure how he would have handled this fire. He had been coming up here since 1959. He is in a better place now.