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Mandatory Evacuation Lifted in More Neighborhoods

Painted Cave Residents May Return Home


Saturday, July 5, 2008
By Indy Staff
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The list of areas where mandatory evacuation orders due to the Gap Fire have been downgraded to evacuation warnings is growing.

The Forest Service and the County of Santa Barbara have announced that Painted Cave residents are being allowed to return to their homes this evening. So are those whose homes are in the Rancho Embarcadero area neighborhoods of Vereda del Ciervo and Vereda Leyenda, or along Vereda del Padre.

Some neighborhoods between Fairview Road and Poinsettia Way have also been re-opened. The exceptions are the following streets, which remain in mandatory evacuation status:

  • Spur Valley Road
  • Camino Galena
  • Camino Andaluz
  • Camino Palomera
  • Camino Cerralvo
  • Camino Rio Verde
  • Camino Meleno
  • Camino Altozano

The mandatory evacuation order also remains in effect for the following areas:

  • Farren Road, north of Vereda Del Padre
  • West Camino Cielo
  • Windermere Track
  • Haney Track
  • Kinevan Road
  • Trout Club
  • Hidden Valley (near Highway 154)

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  • Mandatory Evacuation Order Lifted for Some Neighborhoods
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For a map with all of the current evacuation areas, visit maps.google.com, and search for "Gap Fire Evacuations." I have created a map with that name, that I am updating with the evacuation order and warning areas, extent of the fire, information kiosks, and other points of interest. Feel free to leave comments on the map if there are any features you would like to see.

The direct link is here:

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&a...

ErikaB (anonymous profile)
July 5, 2008 at 8:59 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Congrats to the S.B. Independent - so far, you have done a superior job of reporting the news related to the Gap Fire. We are VERY frustrated with the News-Press and KEYT. From now on, we will go to the Independent for all updates. KEYT keeps repeating the same information for hours on end, and the Newspress doesn't want you to read anything on-line unless you're a subscriber.

vsmith (anonymous profile)
July 5, 2008 at 10:28 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Keep up the good work on reporting the fire news. You seem to be the only source here in town.

Gordo (anonymous profile)
July 5, 2008 at 10:32 p.m. (Suggest removal)

The only decent information on the fire for those of us who were evacuated was The Independent! KEYT should be ashamed of itself. They need to stop telling people to go to their web site for current information. Their web site is useless! As for the News Press, their policies are the reason I dropped the paper. When the power was out, using a battery operated radio and getting the blues, or spanish music, or Delilah was not exactly any kind of help.I am giving the Santa Barbara Sound a pass because they are new and do not have things totally organized yet. Once we were evacuated, The Independent was the only timely source of information! Thank you, thank you, thank you.

dsgs (anonymous profile)
July 5, 2008 at 10:47 p.m. (Suggest removal)

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