Alamo Fire, Whittier Fire info: Evacuations and where to shelter your animals
Last updated: 9 a.m. Sunday, July 9, 2017
Multiple fires on the Central Coast have prompted evacuations.
In the Alamo Fire, evacuations have been ordered for about 200 homes in the Tepusquet Canyon east of Santa Maria, and to the south, evacuations were underway as the Whittier Fire along Highway 154 near Lake Cachuma quickly grows.
Here are the areas under evacuation orders, as well as where you can take your pets and large animals.
Alamo Fire east of Santa Maria
Mandatory evacuation orders have been issued for:
▪ Blazing Saddle Drive.
▪ Pine Canyon.
▪ Buckhorn Ridge.
▪ Tepusquet Canyon to Santa Maria Mesa Road.
▪ Colson Canyon Road and White Rock Lane.
For evacuation assistance, contact the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office at 805-683-2724. The American Red Cross has opened an evacuation center at the Minami Community Center at 600 W. Enos Drive in Santa Maria.
Where to take your animals:
Residents are being asked to call Santa Barbara County Animal Services at 805-681-4332 before bringing any pets to a shelter or large animals to the rodeo grounds.
Small animals may be taken to the Santa Maria Animal Shelter, 548 W. Foster Road.
Large animals can be taken to the Elks Rodeo grounds at 4040 Highway 1, Gate 3, in Santa Maria. Six large animals were received there Friday, according to a news release from the Sheriff’s Office.
Whittier Fire along Highway 154 near Lake Cachuma
Mandatory evacuation orders have been issued for:
▪ Highway 154 from Armour Ranch Road on the west to Paradise Road on the east.
▪ West Camino Cielo from the Winchester Gun Club east to Highway 154.
▪ Kinevan Road.
▪ Camp Whittier, Circle V Ranch Camp and the Lake Cachuma campground.
▪ Upper end of Farren Road in Goleta.
Evacuation warnings have been issued for:
A warning means residents should be gathering pets, important documents and irreplaceable items and be prepared to leave, according to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office. Large animals should be evacuated at this time.
▪ Las Varas Canyon east to Winchester Canyon.
▪ Highway 101 North to West Camino Cielo.
▪ Paradise Road from Highway 154 to the first river crossing.
Evacuation centers are at San Marcos High School, at 4750 Hollister Ave. in Santa Barbara, and at Santa Ynez Elementary School at 3325 Pine St. in Santa Ynez.
Where to take your animals:
Small animals that owners can evacuate were being accepted at the Santa Barbara Humane Society at 5399 Overpass Road in Santa Barbara, and people with questions or in need of assistance evacuating large animals, including horses, can call the hotline at 805-681-4332.
Noozhawk.com contributed to this report.
This story was originally published July 8, 2017 at 8:57 PM with the headline "Alamo Fire, Whittier Fire info: Evacuations and where to shelter your animals."