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

9:44 PM

[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

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Kelly Davidian says:

November 2, 2018 at 10:28 pm

So glad to hear it! We were listening to the sirens heading south and hoping for a fast knockdown!
Andrew Scott says:

November 2, 2018 at 10:39 pm

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..
- bigsurkate says:
  
  November 3, 2018 at 5:19 am
  
  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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Darlene says:

November 3, 2018 at 11:45 am

So glad to hear that they got it under control quickly. Scary time of the year .

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