Categories: 2018 Fire Season

Fire near Ventana, 11/2/12

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

 

bigsurkate

Appointed appellate counsel for indigent defendants (retired.) I have lived in Big Sur since 1984, first on the north coast, and on the South Coast since 1989.

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  • 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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