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California Wildfires Los Angeles, and Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ventura Counties California Wildfires Los Angeles, and Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ventura Counties Office of the Governor Gavin Newsom 1315 10th Street Suite 1173 Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 445-2841 https://www.gov.ca.gov https://www.facebook.com/CAgovernor/ https://twitter.com/cagovernor My office is closely monitoring the #SaddleridgeFire #Rechefire and #SandalwoodFire burning in Southern CA. The State Operations Center operated by @Cal_OES is activated & working with @CAL_FIRE to assist local fire crew California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services 3650 Schriever Avenue Mather, California 95655 (916) 845-8510 http://www.caloes.ca.gov https://www.facebook.com/CaliforniaOES https://twitter.com/Cal_OES Los Angeles and Ventura County Fires Saddleridge Fire (Los Angeles and Ventura Counties). The Saddleridge fire broke out in Sylmar near the 210 Freeway on Thursday night and is burning out of control, threatening thousands of homes. Evacuation areas: Oakridge Estates north of 210 Freeway Foothill and Glenoaks areas All of Porter Ranch Areas north of the 118 Freeway between Granada Hills and the Ventura County line. See L.A. Fire Department evacuation map Evacuation centers: Sylmar Recreation Center (13109 Borden Ave.) Northridge Recreation Center (18300 Lemarsh St.) Mason Park (10500 Mason Ave.). As of 8:30 a.m. Friday, the evacuation center was full and cannot accept more residents. Granada Hills Recreation Center (16730 Chatsworth St.). As of 4 a.m. Friday, the evacuation center was full and cannot accept more residents. Large animal evacuation center: Hansen am (11770 Foothill Blvd.). If you need help with the evacuation of large animals, contact East Valley Animal Shelter 818-756-9323 Roads closed: 210 Freeway in both directions between the 118 and 5 freeways 5 Freeway between Roxford Street and Calgrove Boulevard Southbound 14 Freeway at the Newhall Pass Northbound 405 Freeway at 118 Freeway Numerous surface streets in Sylmar, Granada Hills and Porter Ranch. #Saddleridgefire: ALL LANES CLOSED at: SB 5 @ Calgrove NB 5 @ 118 NB 14 at Newhall WB 210 @ 118 WB 118 Balboa to DeSoto NB 405 @ 118 EB 118 connector to WB 210 EB 118 conn to NB 405 NB 405 conn to WB 118 NB/SB 5 conn to EB 118 Authorities warn of major delays for morning commute. For a map of road closures in Ventura County please visit https://vcoes.maps.arcgis.com/apps/View/index.html?appid=24d2d88d701b4eaa8e9fe6 e5882c8258 Train service disruptions: Metrolink: No southbound service in the Antelope Valley from the Lancaster, Palmdale and Santa Clarita lines toward L.A. Antelope Valley Line trains can depart from Union Station but will only run as far north as Sylmar/San Fernando Sylmar/San Fernando line to Newhall station is closed Surfliner: Amtrack Thruway Bus Service has been temporarily disrupted between Bakersfield and Los Angeles. School closures: Santa Clarita: William S. Hart Union High School District Castaic Union School District Sulphur Springs Union School District Newhall School District Los Angeles County: Cal State Northridge Pierce College Los Angeles Mission College Bert Corona High School and Bert Corona Charter School Castlebay Lane Charter Chaminade College Preparatory Middle School Danube Avenue Elementary Granada Hills Charter High School’s Devonshire and Zelzah campuses El Oro Way Charter for Enriched Studies Frost Middle School Haskell Elementary STEAM Magnet Jane Addams Continuation High School John F. Kennedy High School Knollwood Preparatory Academy North Valley Military Institute Porter Ranch Community School Rinaldi Adult School Valley International Preparatory High School Van Gogh Charter Ventura County: Filmore Unified School District Los Cerritos Middle School Lang Ranch Elementary School in MATES charter school in Thousand Oaks Mupu School near Santa PaulaAll Simi Valley Unified SchoolsFor current school closures please visit the Ventura County Office of Education website at https://www.vcoe.org Olivas Fire (Ventura County) The Olivas Fire in the City of Oxnard - At 03:58 AM, a fire started in the river bottom near Victoria and Gonzales. The fire is currently at 25 acres with 0% containment. The fire will continue to spread within the containment of the river bottom due to the east winds. There is currently a voluntary evacuation order and shelter in place order for residences near the fire. Please reference the map below for detailed evacuation information. School Closures: Please see above list for Ventura County school closures. PUBLIC SAFETY POWER SHUTOFFS: In the event of heightened wildfire risk, Southern California Edison will carefully evaluate local conditions to determine whether to shut power off in your area. Numerous circuits are presently being monitored by Southern California Edison for potential shutoff. Ventura (incorporated and unincorporated) Santa Paula (incorporated & unincorporated) Fillmore (incorporated & unincorporated) Simi Valley (incorporated & unincorporated) Moorpark (incorporated & unincorporated) Camarillo (incorporated & unincorporated) Piru (unincorporated) Lockwood Valley (unincorporated) Santa Rosa Valley (unincorporated) City of Thousand Oaks EVACUATION INFORMATION: No evacuation orders in effect at this time. SHELTERS: Simi Valley: The Boys and Girls Club at Lemon Park facility, 2850 Lemon Drive, Simi Valley will be open today to accommodate any families in need of safe child supervision during the fire emergency. Members and non-members are welcome, but non-members MUST be accompanied by a parent/guardian in order to provide mandatory information. There is no charge. For more information call 805-527-4437 Rancho Santa Susana Community Center, 5005 E Los Angeles Ave., Simi Valley, CA 93063 ROAD CLOSURE INFORMATION: 118 Easbound closed at Kuehner -Victoria Avenue closed between Gonzales Road and Olivas Park Drive Riverside County Fires Reche Fire (Riverside County)Firefighters continued to get a handle on the fast- moving Reche fire and announced Friday morning, Oct. 11, that forward spread had stopped.As of about 7:30 a.m. Friday morning, the blaze was 40 percent contained, officials said. Firefighters are on scene to strengthen containment lines.The fire, in a canyon area north of Moreno Valley, blackened 350 acres Thursday after flames from a trailer fire spread to nearby brush and led to evacuations in the rural community.Those evacuations were lifted at 9 p.m. Thursday as officials announced the fire was 10 percent contained.The trailer fire was reported about 1 p.m. in the 9300 block of Reche Canyon Road and quickly grew due to strong Santa Ana winds, officials said.As of Friday morning, 91 firefighters were battling the fire in steep, hilly terrain. Two air tankers and a helicopter were helping in the firefight.There were no immediate reports of injuries or damaged structures and the cause of the fire was under investigation.There are no road or school closures and no evacuation orders. Sandalwood Fire (Riverside County) Evacuation orders in the Calimesa area in Riverside County remained in place Friday after a burning load from a garbage truck ignited a blaze yesterday afternoon, spreading and destroying 74 structures and leaving one person dead, authorities said. The Sandalwood Fire has burned 823 acres, or about 1.28 square miles, and was 10% contained as of Friday morning, according to CalFire. A person in a mobile home died, the agency confirmed. Officials have not provided information on whether or not every resident has been accounted for. The Associated Press previously reported that at least one person, an 89-year-old woman, was missing. A garbage truck had dumped a burning load of trash in the area of Calimesa Boulevard and Sandalwood Drive at around 2 p.m. Thursday and sparked a fire, according to CalFire.The flames spread into vegetation and into the Calimesa Mobile Home Park, where 74 homes were destroyed and 16 were damaged, fire officials said. The mobile home community's website said it had a capacity for 110 homes.CalFire said investigators are treating the site as a crime scene. Shelters: The Calimesa Senior Center care and reception site will close at 7:30 P.M. this evening. A shelter has been opened at 7:30 P.M. at: Mesa Grande Academy, 975 Fremont Street, Calimesa, CA. Transportation will be provided to current evacuees from the Calimesa Senior Center to Mesa Grande Acedemy by the City of Calimesa. MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDERS: South of 7th Street, east of County Line Road. Animal shelter: Large and small animals may be taken to the San Jacinto Valley Animal Campus, located at 581 S. Grand Avenue, in San Jacinto. If residents are unable to get to their pets and need help to evacuate pets, please call (951) 358-7387. San Bernardino County Fires: There currently are no active fires in San Bernardino County. Please see Riverside County fire information listed above. Los Angeles County Office of Emergency Management 500 W Temple St, Los Angeles, CA 90012 (800) 980-4990 http://dpss.lacounty.gov/wps/portal/dpss/main/programs-and-services/emergency- management/ Riverside County Emergency Management Department 4210 Riverwalk Parkway Riverside, CA 92505 (951) 358-7100 https://www.rivcoemd.org https://www.facebook.com/RivCoReady/ https://twitter.com/RivCoReady Ventura County Emergency Management 800 South Victoria Avenue Ventura, CA 93009 (805) 465-6650 http://www.vcemergency.com Los Angele County Red Cross 450 S Central Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90021 (310) 445-9900 https://www.redcross.org/local/california/los-angeles/about-us/locations/greater-los- angeles-chapter.html?CID=organic_gmb_listings
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