Categories: 2011 Fire Season

Vegetation Fire closes Highway One in both directions

4:30 pm – the evacuation order for Ventana has been lifted. Good news.

3:50 pm – As of 3:07 pm, a car fire that spread into the vegetation has caused the closure of Highway One in both directions. As of this moment, The Restaurant at Ventana has been evacuated. Air Support is on its way. More information to follow.

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Libby says:

December 2, 2011 at 8:52 pm

Was headed south at 4:00 pm and got caught in the line up of cars. Waited for 1.25 hours and then got through. The fire fighters were clearing brush but the fire was out. Headed back around 6:30 and the traffic was gone. Still one lane for now.