Per KSBY: “The Atascadero fire department says the fire is near Highway 41 and San Gabriel on San Marcos Road.”

2:40 pm – From a source: “heard that Atascadero just broke a veg fire….out off of San Marcos Rd. ….just heard some of the residents are evacuating. Sounds like they have some structures being threatened. Sounds like it jumped San Marcos Rd., with spotting.” He is listening to the SLO Scanner.

From CHP website:

2:33 PM6[14] [Notification] [CHP]-IC AT 10225 SAN MARCOS RD // THEY WILL BE DECIDING SHORTLY WHERE THE ROAD CLOSURES WILL BE [Shared]
2:33 PM5[13] [Notification] [CHP]-ATASCADERO PD REQ CHP TO ASSIST IN ROAD CLOSURES FOR VEGETATION FIRE [Shared]
2:19 PM4[9] [Appended, 14:20:26] [1] REQ INFO ON FIRE AND IF AREA BEING EVACUATED
2:10 PM3[7] FIRE HEADING TWDS HOUSES
1:59 PM2[3] BRUSH FIRE
1:59 PM1[1] FIRE IS SPREADING

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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  • Just a big thank you, Kate. for doing so much to preserve this priceless land, and especially for educating the public-.IF ONLY they would listen!!

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