Junction, Engineer Springs, Dulzura and all areas in between
have been evacuated. Evacuation centers have been set up at
Steele Canyon High School, Mira Mesa High and Escondido High.
Large livestock can be taken to the Lakeside Rodeo Grounds.
The
following school districts will be closed on Monday: Ramona
Unified School District, Poway Unified School District, Jamul-Dulzura
Union School District, Dehesa School District, San Pasqual
Union School District, San Pasqual High School, Steele Canyon
High School, Palomar Mountain School, Vista Unified School
District.
Governor
Arnold Schwarzenegger proclaimed a State of Emergency for
San Diego County. The Governor is expected in San Diego on
Monday.
UPDATE:
- (10-22-07) Several new fires erupted overnight:
San Pasqual, San Marcos, Fallbrook, Descansoas well as a fire
in the Cleveland National Forest near Eagle Peak. The Witch
Fire has spread as far west as I-15. Evacuation orders have
been issued in Poway and Rancho Bernardo. I-15 is closed in
the North County and motorists are being asked to avoid all
major highways. Schools In Scripps Ranch and Mira Mesa will
be closed Monday as well as UCSD.
UPDATE:
- (10-22-07) Residents west of I-15, south of
Del Dios Highway, north of SR-56 and east of I-5 are urged
to evacuate. Qualcomm Stadium has been set up as an evacuation
area.
UPDATE:
- (10-22-07) San Diego police issued the following
information for their employees; All SDPD on and off duty
detectives (investigators) will be working in uniform today
until further notice. They are to report to the headquarters
building. All SDPD scheduled graveyard shift officers need
to report to their commands at 6 p.m. tonight.
UPDATE:
- (10-22-07) Statement from the County of San
Diego: Mandatory evacuations have been ordered for Rancho
Santa Fe, portions of Leucadia, as well as the Olivenhain
Dam area. Mandatory evacuations have also been ordered for
Lakeside at 13100 Willow Rd. The Del Mar Fairgrounds are open
and ready to receive evacuees. Evacuation points have been
established at San Marcos High School at 1615 W. San Marcos
Blvd. and Poway Civic Center at 13325 Civic Center Drive.
Mira Mesa High School is now closed as it has reached capacity.
UPDATE:
- (10-22-07) The Witch Fire has consumed an
estimated 145,000 acres and the Harris Fire 22,000. More than
500 residences and numerous other buildings have been lost.
President Bush declared a State Of Emergency for California,
including San Diego County. The following communities continue
to be threatened by the Witch Fire, San Diego, Poway, Ramona,
Escondido, Lakeside, Valley Center, San Marcos, Rancho Santa
Fe. The following communities continue to be threatened by
the Harris Fire, Potrero, Barrett Junction, Barrett Lake area,
Engineer Springs, Dulzura, Deerhorn Valley, Lawson Valley,
Jamul, Lyons Valley area and Otay Mountain. San Diego Police
issued the following evacuation orders for residents South
of Del Dios Highway North of Sorrento Valley Road and West
of Black Mountain Road to the ocean.
UPDATE:
- (10-23-07) Statement from the County of San
Diego: All San Diego, Escondido, Escondido, Poway and Ramona
school district schools will be closed today, along with San
Diego State University, UC San Diego and the University of
San Diego. Grossmont College, Cuyamaca Colleges, the Thomas
Jefferson School of Law and University of Phoenix Learning
Centers in downtown San Diego, Chula Vista, Kearny Mesa and
San Marcos will also be closed Tuesday.
UPDATE:
- (10-23-07) Statement from the City of Chula
Vista: Overnight, the Harris Fire continued to burn around
the Northeastern boundary of Chula Vista. Parts of the communities
of Bella Lago and Rolling Hills Ranch were under mandatory
evacuation orders. Residents of The Woods at Eastlake, and
areas of San Miguel Ranch were under a voluntary evacuation
recommendation. County officials also ordered mandatory evacuations
in the eastern part of Bonita/Sunnyside.
Statement
from the City of San Diego: Licensed physicians and RN's
with credentials are needed to relieve the current medical
staff at Qualcomm Stadium. Volunteers are asked to arrive
at Gate A and go to the check in table by 8:00 a.m. Shifts
are expected to last from 8 to 10 hours.
UPDATE:
- (10-23-07) 24,992 SDG&E customers
are without electricity and 1,445 customers without gas.
UPDATE:
- (10-23-07) Santa Ana winds are subsiding and
the winds are starting to blow onshore. That is good news
along the coast, but the eastern side of the fire is kicking
up. The communities of Pine Valley and Julian are now being
threatened. Evacuation orders have been issued for Cuyamaca,
north of SR-79 and Eagle Peak in the Engineers Road area.
UPDATE:
- (10-23-07) Evacuees are being allowed to return
home Tuesday evening in the communities of Del Mar and Olivenhein,
the area south of Via de la Valle, west of Interstate 5, and
north of Torrey Pines State Beach, and the area south of Beeler
Canyon Road, west of Sycamore Canyon Road, east of Interstate
15 and north of MCAS Miramar. Evacuees are being allowed to
return home in the area south of Twin Peaks Road East of Community
Road to Tierra Bonita Road on the north and Donard Drive on
the south West of Ipava Drive West and north of Poway Road.
UPDATE:
- (10-23-07) Classes have been canceled for
all San Diego Unified School District schools.
UPDATE:
- (10-23-07) According to the county of San
Diego, more than 500,000 people have been evacuated.
UPDATE:
- (10-23-07) Statement from the County of San
Diego: A mandatory evacuation notice has been issued for
the Hwy 67 Corridor from Ramona to Lakeside and North Jamul.
A mandatory evacuation has been ordered for an area bordered
by the Sweetwater River on the north, Lawson Creek on the
East and Lyons Valley Road on the south including the community
of North Jamul. Evacuations have
been ordered in Rancho San Diego from Del Rio Road EAST to
Steele Canyon Road From Fury Lane SOUTH to Millar Ranch Road
and Millar Anita Road.
Evacuations have
been ordered the La Jolla Reservation area, Harmony
Grove and Palomar Mountain.
Statement
from the City of Chula Vista: All eastern Chula Vista residents
who were evacuated from their homes today and Monday night
are now allowed to return to their neighborhoods.
UPDATE:
- (10-23-07 9pm) Statement from the County
of San Diego: Although Ramona is under mandatory
evacuation orders, those residents remaining in the city are
being advised to boil tap water or use bottled water for drinking
and cooking until further notice. Tap water pressure should
be restored around 1 a.m.
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