Next morning update: It was at the Coastlands, upper driveway, NOT across the highway as I report below. Way too close for comfort.
UPDATE; Martha Karstens just called a friend in the Coastlands (across the highway from the fire) and said they got it!!! Woohoo!!! Our Brigade rocks! Now, 2 aspirins and the bed that called to me an hour ago.
UPDATE: 10:15 PM, A LOCAL WALKED UP TO THE HIGHWAY AND REPORTS THAT IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE ON TOP OF IT AND THE LOCAL IS NOT AS PANICKED AS HE WAS.
UPDATE; CLOSIING HIGHWAY:
| 9:44 PM | 12 | [44] SO REQ CHP RESPOND TO ASST W/ HIGHWAY CLOSURE | |||||
Incident: 00445 Type: Report of Fire Location: Sr1 / Ventana Loc Desc: VENTANA INN , MM 44.9 Lat/Lon: 36.233742 -121.767075
| Detail Information | |||||||
| 9:33 PM | 10 | [37] MANDATORY EVACUATION FOR COAST – FIRE AT TOP OF HILL – PER SCANNER | |||||
| 9:30 PM | 9 | [34] [Notification] [CHP]-PER MTRY COM, SO AND FIRE ENRT 48280 SR1 – JNO OF THIS 1020 / BIG SUR SO IN AREA /1ST DRIVEWAY TO THE RIGHT AFTER YOU PASSED THE POST RANCH / TREES ON FIRES / POSS SPREADING TO STRUCTURES / MEDIC 24 ALSO POSS C/FIRE INVLD [Shared] | |||||
| 9:30 PM | 8 | [33] PER SCANNER – VEH ON FIRE AND TREES ON FIRE SO FAR | |||||
| 9:27 PM | 7 | [31] [Appended, 21:27:28] [6] RP LIVES AND WORKS THERE // BELIEVES ITS THE HOUSES THAT ARE ON FIRE | |||||
| 9:22 PM | 6 | [23] FIRE 200 YARDS FROM HOUSES | |||||
| 9:22 PM | 5 | [14] RP ON COAST RIDGE RD | |||||
| 9:21 PM | 4 | [11] TRANS TO CDF MTRY | |||||
| 9:17 PM | 3 | [19] [Appended, 21:22:25] [3] PER SLNS COM THEY HAVE FIRE REPORTED AT 48280 SR1 | |||||
| 9:16 PM | 2 | [18] [Appended, 21:22:25] [2] STRUCTURE FIRE | |||||
| 9:16 PM | 1 | [17] [Appended, 21:22:25] [1] RP CAN SEE FIRE FROM BIG SUR | |||||
So glad to hear it! We were listening to the sirens heading south and hoping for a fast knockdown!
BSK, thanks to the scanner operator, blessed to read fire is contained and out with no injuries reported, so far – cause of the fire not specified..
It was reported as a car fire into the brush, originally, so I’m going with that as the cause. Interestingly, there was another fire at this location due to the same thing a few years ago.
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So glad to hear that they got it under control quickly. Scary time of the year .
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