More evacuation orders were issued Wednesday for a wildfire burning in El Dorado County that tore through the community of Grizzly Flats and has seriously injured two people, Cal Fire said.Leer en españolThe new evacuation orders include the community of Kyburz. U.S. Forest Service officials have also announced a complete shutdown of the El Dorado National Forest because of the fire. (Scroll down to see a complete list of evacuation orders and an evacuation map.)An injured person from the Grizzly Flats area approached firefighters around 7 a.m. Tuesday, Cal Fire said. Crews tried giving medical care to the victim before requesting air transport for them, Cal Fire said. A second person was also injured in the Grizzly Flats area and was flown to a local hospital.The Caldor Fire has exploded in size in recent days after igniting Saturday near Little Mountain between Omo Ranch and Grizzly Flats. It had burned more than 22,169 acres as of Tuesday, Cal Fire said. There is no containment around the fire.As of Tuesday, Cal Fire said 86 structures had been confirmed destroyed. Some 2,000 structures are threatened. A debris pile and playground equipment were all that remained at Walt Tyler Elementary School in Grizzly Flats. KCRA 3 reporter Lysée Mitri said she also witnessed a post office that was destroyed.”We know this fire has done things that nobody could have predicted, but that’s how firefighting has been in the state this year,” El Dorado National Forest Supervisor Chief Jeff Marsolais said in a Tuesday briefing.Deputies with the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office are in the Grizzly Flats and Pollock Pines areas to patrol after receiving several reports of looting.| MORE | Wildfire Map: Here’s where California fires are burning Evacuee grateful to have escapedResidents in the Grizzly Flats and Somerset areas were ordered to leave early Tuesday morning because of the Caldor Fire.Another evacuation order was issued for the Sly Park area a few hours later. An environmental center there usually welcomes thousands of students from the Sacramento area, although not since the COVID-19 pandemic.People from the Pollock Pines area were then ordered to evacuate Tuesday afternoon. Darby Flynn, who lives in the area, was headed to a friend’s house after fleeing her home before her evacuation warning became mandatory. Speaking outside a Safeway in Pollock Pines where she was picking up a prescription, Flynn said she was “glad to be able to evacuate and not be caught in the fire.” “I just kind of grabbed some things and some important artwork that my mom painted for me and something my aunt made for me and that was pretty much it,” she said. “Otherwise, I just try to remember that things are things and most of them you can replace.” Caldor Fire evacuee Sheila Seddon said outside an evacuation center in Diamond Springs that the fire was “scary.” “It was just black and orange and really — history repeating itself,” she said. Evacuation ordersSouth of Highway 50 from Ice House Road to Silver Fork Road. This includes the community of Kyburz.North of Highway 50 from Ice House Road to Silver Fork Road to include Ice House Reservoir, Union Valley Reservoir, and Loon Lake. Grizzly Flat: The areas on Grizzly Flats Road east of Kendra Way into GrizzlyFlats Proper. The areas of Diamond Railroad Grade, Old School House,Sweeney Road, Caldor Road, and Steely Ridge.Grizzly Flats Road east of four corners in Somerset into Grizzly Flats Proper.The areas of Myers Lane, Varmet Ridge Road, Rodwell Canyon Road,Snowbird Lane, and Mehwald Lane.East of Sly Park Road between Highway 50 and Mormon Emigrant Trail to IceHouse Road. This includes the communities of Pacific House and Fresh Pond.North of Highway 50, east of Forebay Road to Ice House Road.Intersection of Perry Creek and Hawk Haven, the East side of Fairplay Roadfrom Perry Creek South to Cedarville Road. This includes Slug Gulch, OmoRanch, and all roads off of Slug Gulch and Omo Ranch.All roads off of Omo Ranch from Cedarville Road to Highway 88.The area between Highway 88 and Mormon Emigrant TrailSouth of Highway 50 from Snows Road to Ice House Road.Between Highway 50 and Slab Creek from Snows Road to Ice House Road. Click here to sign up for El Dorado County’s alert notification systemThe El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office over the weekend issued evacuation orders for people within a 1.5-mile radius of the fire. On Monday, evacuation warnings were upgraded to orders for people in the Leoni Meadows and Big Mountain areas. More people were then ordered to flee Tuesday and Wednesday.Shelter information Cameron Park Community Service District, 2502 Country Club Drive, Cameron Park, CA 95682 — this shelter is full and not accepting additional evacuees at this time.Green Valley Church, 3500 Missouri Flat Road, Placerville, CA . This shelter is currently accepting evacuees.Diamond Springs Fire Hall Evacuation Center — this center is is currently full. For small animal shelter needs, you can call the El Dorado County Animal Services at 530-621-5795Large Animal Shelter: Amador County Fairgrounds, 18621 Sherwood St., Plymouth. Call 530-621-5795 or 530-647-622 for more information. School closuresThe following schools are closed because of the fire: Gold Oak Union School District: Gold Oak Elementary School and Pleasant Valley Middle SchoolPioneer Union School District: Walt Tyler Elementary, Pioneer Elementary, Mountain Creek Middle SchoolBattling the blazeSmoke from the Dixie Fire burning in Butte and Plumas counties helped crews in El Dorado County because it prevented higher temperatures, Cal Fire said in a Tuesday briefing.Cal Fire said it anticipates more evacuation orders within the next few days due to the fire, which has grown so rapidly that crews are having a difficult time establishing a perimeter.More than 200 personnel are fighting the blaze.As the wildfire raged, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in El Dorado County. With declaring a state of emergency, the state can pull from federal funds to help battle the blaze. 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More evacuation orders were issued Wednesday for a wildfire burning in El Dorado County that tore through the community of Grizzly Flats and has seriously injured two people, Cal Fire said.
The new evacuation orders include the community of Kyburz. U.S. Forest Service officials have also announced a complete shutdown of the El Dorado National Forest because of the fire. (Scroll down to see a complete list of evacuation orders and an evacuation map.)
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An injured person from the Grizzly Flats area approached firefighters around 7 a.m. Tuesday, Cal Fire said. Crews tried giving medical care to the victim before requesting air transport for them, Cal Fire said. A second person was also injured in the Grizzly Flats area and was flown to a local hospital.
The Caldor Fire has exploded in size in recent days after igniting Saturday near Little Mountain between Omo Ranch and Grizzly Flats. It had burned more than 22,169 acres as of Tuesday, Cal Fire said. There is no containment around the fire.
As of Tuesday, Cal Fire said 86 structures had been confirmed destroyed. Some 2,000 structures are threatened. A debris pile and playground equipment were all that remained at Walt Tyler Elementary School in Grizzly Flats. KCRA 3 reporter Lysée Mitri said she also witnessed a post office that was destroyed.
“We know this fire has done things that nobody could have predicted, but that’s how firefighting has been in the state this year,” El Dorado National Forest Supervisor Chief Jeff Marsolais said in a Tuesday briefing.
Deputies with the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office are in the Grizzly Flats and Pollock Pines areas to patrol after receiving several reports of looting.
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Evacuee grateful to have escaped
Residents in the Grizzly Flats and Somerset areas were ordered to leave early Tuesday morning because of the Caldor Fire.
Another evacuation order was issued for the Sly Park area a few hours later. An environmental center there usually welcomes thousands of students from the Sacramento area, although not since the COVID-19 pandemic.
People from the Pollock Pines area were then ordered to evacuate Tuesday afternoon.
Darby Flynn, who lives in the area, was headed to a friend’s house after fleeing her home before her evacuation warning became mandatory.
Speaking outside a Safeway in Pollock Pines where she was picking up a prescription, Flynn said she was “glad to be able to evacuate and not be caught in the fire.”
“I just kind of grabbed some things and some important artwork that my mom painted for me and something my aunt made for me and that was pretty much it,” she said. “Otherwise, I just try to remember that things are things and most of them you can replace.”
Caldor Fire evacuee Sheila Seddon said outside an evacuation center in Diamond Springs that the fire was “scary.”
“It was just black and orange and really — history repeating itself,” she said.
Evacuation orders
- South of Highway 50 from Ice House Road to Silver Fork Road. This includes the community of Kyburz.
- North of Highway 50 from Ice House Road to Silver Fork Road to include Ice House Reservoir, Union Valley Reservoir, and Loon Lake.
- Grizzly Flat: The areas on Grizzly Flats Road east of Kendra Way into Grizzly
Flats Proper. The areas of Diamond Railroad Grade, Old School House,
Sweeney Road, Caldor Road, and Steely Ridge. - Grizzly Flats Road east of four corners in Somerset into Grizzly Flats Proper.
The areas of Myers Lane, Varmet Ridge Road, Rodwell Canyon Road,
Snowbird Lane, and Mehwald Lane. - East of Sly Park Road between Highway 50 and Mormon Emigrant Trail to Ice
House Road. This includes the communities of Pacific House and Fresh Pond. - North of Highway 50, east of Forebay Road to Ice House Road.
- Intersection of Perry Creek and Hawk Haven, the East side of Fairplay Road
from Perry Creek South to Cedarville Road. This includes Slug Gulch, Omo
Ranch, and all roads off of Slug Gulch and Omo Ranch. - All roads off of Omo Ranch from Cedarville Road to Highway 88.
- The area between Highway 88 and Mormon Emigrant Trail
- South of Highway 50 from Snows Road to Ice House Road.
- Between Highway 50 and Slab Creek from Snows Road to Ice House Road.
Click here to sign up for El Dorado County’s alert notification system
The El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office over the weekend issued evacuation orders for people within a 1.5-mile radius of the fire. On Monday, evacuation warnings were upgraded to orders for people in the Leoni Meadows and Big Mountain areas. More people were then ordered to flee Tuesday and Wednesday.
Shelter information
- Cameron Park Community Service District, 2502 Country Club Drive, Cameron Park, CA 95682 — this shelter is full and not accepting additional evacuees at this time.
- Green Valley Church, 3500 Missouri Flat Road, Placerville, CA . This shelter is currently accepting evacuees.
- Diamond Springs Fire Hall Evacuation Center — this center is is currently full.
- For small animal shelter needs, you can call the El Dorado County Animal Services at 530-621-5795
- Large Animal Shelter: Amador County Fairgrounds, 18621 Sherwood St., Plymouth. Call 530-621-5795 or 530-647-622 for more information.
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School closures
The following schools are closed because of the fire:
Gold Oak Union School District: Gold Oak Elementary School and Pleasant Valley Middle School
Pioneer Union School District: Walt Tyler Elementary, Pioneer Elementary, Mountain Creek Middle School
Battling the blaze
Smoke from the Dixie Fire burning in Butte and Plumas counties helped crews in El Dorado County because it prevented higher temperatures, Cal Fire said in a Tuesday briefing.
Cal Fire said it anticipates more evacuation orders within the next few days due to the fire, which has grown so rapidly that crews are having a difficult time establishing a perimeter.
More than 200 personnel are fighting the blaze.
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As the wildfire raged, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in El Dorado County. With declaring a state of emergency, the state can pull from federal funds to help battle the blaze. The state has recently requested federal help for other major wildfires in California: the Dixie Fire in Butte, Plumas, Lassen and Tehama counties, and the Monument Fire in Trinity County.
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