Summary

Supers/Fonts: Jarrett Smith, Works in Los Padres National Forest

Bryce Wilczak, Santa Ynez Resident

Joy Chamberlain, Santa Ynez Resident

Captain Scott Safechuck, Santa Barbara County Fire Department

Story Location: Santa Barbara County

State/Province: California

Shot Date: 07/07/2024

URL: https://wwwksbycom/weather/fire-watch/evacuation-order-issued-as-lake-fire-grows-to-13-264-acres

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Story Description:
Elements: VO/NAT Helicopter, smoke from fire in hills, SOT Jarrett Smith, rolling hills, Foxen Canyon Rd and Zaca Stations Rd street signs, fire on hill with smoke in the air, fire burning on many hills and at night, SOT Bryce Wilczak, smoke in air, SOT Joy Chamberlain, SOT Scott Safechuck, helicopters in air over fire, water tanker on road

Wire/Story Description: UPDATE (11:27 am) - The Red Cross has opened an evacuation shelter at the Solvang Veterans Memorial Building for those affected by the Lake Fire

Water, food and additional resources will be available

The Solvang Veterans Memorial Building is located at 1745 Mission Drive in Solvang
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UPDATE (9:59 am) - In a video update released Sunday morning, fire officials said the Lake Fire had mostly stayed within its original footprint overnight with some growth in the Figueroa Mountain area Firefighters will continue to focus on trying to prevent the fire from spreading toward communities to the south

(8:05 am) - An Evacuation Order has been issued for areas near the Lake Fire as the wildfire continues to grow

As of late Saturday night, the fire has burned 13,264 acres, according to fire officials, after breaking out near Zaca Lake on Friday afternoon

The Evacuation Order includes properties along Figueroa Mountain Road from the Grass Mountain Trail Head to the neighborhood within Sawmill Basin, including Tunnel Road and the Figueroa Campground

Earlier this weekend, Santa Barbara County officials issued Evacuation Warnings for the areas north of Zaca Lake Road, east of Foxen Canyon Road and south of the Sisquoc River, and for areas of Figueroa Mountain Road from the Forest Station to Chamberlin Ranch

Some of these areas may overlap with the new Evacuation Order To determine if you are in an evacuation order or warning zone, check out the countys interactive map at this link

Station Notes/Scripts: PKG:

THE LAKE FIRE IS SPREADING FAST AND LOCALS ARE WORRIED

SMITH SOT;
I'm really concerned that the fire might get into the backcountry into the san rafael wilderness and really start burning

JARRETT SMITH WORKS IN THE LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST DOING TRAIL WORK

SMITH SOT;
it's a bit more personal to me in terms of i sure hope the fire doesn't get back there because i don't want to see spots i love being burned

NEAR ZACA LAKE AND FOXEN CANYON THOUSANDS OF ACRES BURNED FRIDAY NIGHT AND JUST A FEW MILES AWAY IN SANTA YNEZ BRYCE WILCZAK SAYS HE COULD SEE THE SMOKE

WILCZAK SOT:
It was like a big wall of flames it was pretty scary

WILCZAK SOT:
It looks like a volcano

SMITH SOT;
It had a super cool glow i guess you could say it was kind of like a volcano

JOY CHAMBERLAIN LIVES ALONG FOXEN CANYON ROAD, AND HASN'T BEEN EVACUATED YET BUT HAS SEEN SMOKE AND FLAMES FROM HER HOUSE

CHAMBERLAIN SOT:
It was night, there would be areas that would be like little valleys and we would see it explode into fire and we could see the whole fire line at that point

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY FIRE CAPTAIN SCOTT SAFECHUCK SAYS THERE'S HIGH FIRE ACTIVITY AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY THE LOWER THE HUMIDITY PERCENTAGE, THE MORE EFFICIENT THE VEGETATION WILL BURN

SAFECHUCK SOT:
If the Inversion layer lifts it will increase the fire activity but also allow our aircraft to even get in there

THERE ARE 3 HELICOPTERS, AND 10 AIR TANKERS ASSIGNED TO THE LAKE FIRE
AND SAFECHUCK SAYS THEYRE AN IMPORTANT PART IN THE FIGHT AGAINST THIS FIRE

SAFECHUCK SOT:
That is steep terrain back up in there that's hard to get to We have hand crews that are here We have to hike those hills and put in hose lays as well as we need that aircraft to knock down that fire in front of them and with that inversion layer that does make it challenging for us but well keep moving forward


TAG: santa BARBARA COUNTY FIRES PIO SAYS THE GOOD NEWS IS THE WIND IS NOT PUSHING THE FIRE IN ANY ONE DIRECTION YOU CAN STAY UP TO DATE WITH EMERGENCY ALERTS AT READYSBCorg McKenzie Diaz ksby news

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