Carmel (Day 4) and River (Day 6) are combined into one post at the moment. Please click the title of the post to open a separate window, and refresh the page as the post will be updated throughout the day. 

Carmel Incident Update:

River Incident Update:

3:39 PM: EVACUATION WARNING FOR ALL OF CARMEL VALLEY VILLAGE TO LAURELES GRADE

Evacuation  Notifications can be found here

Evacuation Map can be found here (Red is Order, Yellow is Warning)

(click the image to open the map, Yellow is warning, Red is Evacuation Order, map is subject to change at any time)

Carmel/River Fires – Evacuation Warning for East of Carmel Valley Road to Laureless Grade and Highway 68 3:40 PM:

The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office has issued an Evacuation Warning for all areas East of Carmel Valley Road, North to Laureless Grade, East of Laureless Grade to Highway 68 to include areas West of San Benancio Road and the Corral de Tierra community. 

Zone 17: All areas south of Highway 68 from San Benancio Road to Laureles Grade. To include all roads east of Laureles Grade at La Rancheria Rd to the south, and all areas west of San Benancio Road. EVACUATION WARNING

Zone 18: We are extending the evacuation warning west on Carmel Valley road from Klondike Canyon Road to Laureles Grade, North on Laureles Grade from Carmel Valley Road to La Rancheria. This warning includes all communities North East of Carmel Valley Road, and all communities East of Laureles Grade to include Carmel Valley Road, Laureles Grade, La Rancheria and all tributary roads. EVACUATION WARNING

Carmel/River Fires – Evacuation Warning for West of Carmel Valley Road between Klondike Canyon and Pinetree Lane 3:38 PM

The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office has issued an Evacuation Warning for areas west of Carmel Valley Road from Klondike Canyon Road to Pine Tree Lane extending south to Dormody Road and east to Hitchcock Canyon Road and San Clemente Drive. This Warning includes all communities on Carmel Valley Road and all communities south west of Carmel Valley Road between Klondike Canyon and Pine Tree Lane, including Carmel Valley Village, Robles Del Rio. 

 

Weather Watch in effect from Sunday morning through Tuesday morning.

* AFFECTED AREA…Entire San Francisco Bay Area and Central Coast. Areas of highest concern will be included in future updates.
* WIND…Generally light onshore winds. However, erratic gusty winds 40 to 65 mph may accompany stronger thunderstorms.
* THUNDERSTORMS…Isolated to scattered dry thunderstorms will develop Sunday afternoon and into Monday morning. An additional round of thunderstorms are expected to arrive later Monday into Tuesday. Dry thunderstorms may become wet as the event progresses.
* IMPACTS…Lightning will likely spark new fires across the region, including remote areas. Wildfires in remote regions may not become apparent until warmer and drier conditions allow them to grow. Please report potential fires to local CALFIRE or
SHERIFF offices. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings.

7:00 AM: Carmel and River Fires Google Earth Image with VIIRS and MODIS Satellite and CDF Infrared Outline (from 08/19/20). Some of the latest satellite detections are 3:30 AM PT.  Click this link to view larger image: Carmel_River_Fire_082120

Toro View: Carmel_River_Fire_Toro_082120

Palo Escrito View: Carmel_River_Fire_Escrito_082120

Tassajara Road View: Carmel_River_Fire_Tassajara_082120

Sleepy Hollow View: Carmel_River_Fire_Sleepy_082120

 

Carmel Incident Update:

River Incident Update:

 

 

Office of Emergency Services response page here

Quick reference of key resources to stay up-to-date here

National interagency Fire Center Map can be found here

Current Wind can be found (please confirm time) here

Alert Wildfire Camera here

Scanner Fire & Sheriff

Air Traffic here

Road Closures here

CalFire’s Ready, Set, Go! Checklist here (see page 9)

7:50 pm — Due to the River Fire encroaching on the command post located at Toro Park in Salinas, CAL FIRE Incident Management Team 1 has initiated plans to relocate all non-essential personnel. Essential personnel remain at the incident command post to manage the River and Carmel Fires.

Evacuation Map as of 3:25 PM:

2:24 PM:  KSBW reporting backburn operations underway at Indian Springs.

Update on Fires in Monterey County 10:16 AM: River Fire 33,653 Acres – 7% contained, Carmel Fire 4,285 Acres – 0% contained, Dolan Fire 2,500 Acres – 0% contained. More info: https://www.facebook.com/MontereyCountyOES

River Fire – Evacuation Order for Corral De Tierra south to Tassajara Rd. 9:40 AM: The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office has issued an Evacuation Order for all areas south of Corral de Tierra Road and Underwood Road extending south to Tassajara Rd, not to include Corral de Tierra Road and Underwood Road.

River Fire – Zone 13 Evacuation Order Overnight 9:22 AM: Over night the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office deputies issued in person evacuation orders for areas West of River Road extending west to Carmel Valley Road. West of River Road south from Gonzales River Road to Puma Road. East of Carmel Valley Road from south of Tassajara Road to Finch Creek.

River Fire – Evacuation Warning from River Road to Arroyo Seco 9:02 AM: The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office has issued an Evacuation Warning for all areas east of Carmel Valley Road extending south from finch Creek to Arroyo Seco Rd. All areas west of River Road and For Romie Road and Arroyo Seco Road extending South to Elm Avenue and Arroyo Seco Rd.

11 am — from the office of Mary Adams:

Update #RiverFire – 33,653 Acres, 7% Containment

Fire continues to actively burn in all directions. Progression to the north impacted homes in the outlying communities of Salinas. The fire is making slope driven runs.

Firefighters continued their aggressive attack on the fire from the ground and the air. High temperatures, low humidity, topography influenced winds, steep mountainous terrain and difficult access continue to hamper firefighting efforts. Firefighters continue with 24 hour a day operations.

Wind patterns differ on each side of the fire, which contributes to the spread of the fire in multiple directions.

For more details, see pictures or go to https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2020/8/16/river-fire/

Please register for evacuation alerts by visiting http://AlertMontereyCounty.org.

For information on how you can prepare for wildfire please visit http://www.ReadyForWildfire.org or fire.ca.gov

For information regarding the Dolan Fire, please visit fire.ca.gov or inciweb.NWCG.gov

7:00 AM this page will be updated throughout the day. Check back for more updates.

33,653 Acres, 7% Containment

CalFire Incident page here & Facebook Updates here. Sheriff Facebook Updates here.

River and Carmel Fires Google Earth Image with VIIRS and MODIS Satellite and CDF Infrared combined. Some of the latest detections are from 10:48 UTC (3:48 AM PT, see Important caveats note below).  Click this link to view larger image: River_Carmel_Fire_082020

Toro view: River_Carmel_Fire_Toro_082020

Palo Escrito Peak view: River_Carmel_Fire_Escrito_082020

From John Chesnut:

River Ortho Map (click on map to view full size):

River Topo Map (click on map to view full size):

Daily IR Log here

National interagency Fire Center Map can be found here

Evacuation Map can be found here (Red is Order, Yellow is Warning)

Evacuation Notifications can be found here

Current Wind can be found here

Alert Wildfire Camera here

Scanner Fire & Sheriff

Air Traffic here

Road Closures here

CalFire’s Ready, Set, Go! Checklist here (see page 9)

Important caveats: Please note that the squares on the heat detection maps represent the expected margin of error, not the size of the area burned. In other words, the detection could have come from anywhere within the square. Also be aware that false detections do sometimes occur. An outlying or “over the line” heat detection is not, by itself, a confirmation that there is fire in the area indicated. In addition, the satellites do not detect heat everywhere that fire exists. Creeping, backing or smoldering fire is often not detected. Finally, the detections are only snapshots of moments in time. Flare ups that occur before or after a satellite pass may be entirely missed.

Also be aware that yellow squares disappear from the map after 6 days. These are not maps of the area burned since the fire began, just maps of where heat has been detected during the past week.

7:50 pm — Due to the River Fire encroaching on the command post located at Toro Park in Salinas, CAL FIRE Incident Management Team 1 has initiated plans to relocate all non-essential personnel. Essential personnel remain at the incident command post to manage the River and Carmel Fires.

Evacuation Map as of 3:25 PM:

 

 

Update on Fires in Monterey County 10:16 AM: River Fire 33,653 Acres – 7% contained, Carmel Fire 4,285 Acres – 0% contained, Dolan Fire 2,500 Acres – 0% contained. More info: https://www.facebook.com/MontereyCountyOES

River Fire – Evacuation Order for Corral De Tierra south to Tassajara Rd. 9:40 AM: The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office has issued an Evacuation Order for all areas south of Corral de Tierra Road and Underwood Road extending south to Tassajara Rd, not to include Corral de Tierra Road and Underwood Road.

River Fire – Zone 13 Evacuation Order Overnight 9:22 AM: Over night the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office deputies issued in person evacuation orders for areas West of River Road extending west to Carmel Valley Road. West of River Road south from Gonzales River Road to Puma Road. East of Carmel Valley Road from south of Tassajara Road to Finch Creek. 

River Fire – Evacuation Warning from River Road to Arroyo Seco 9:02 AM: The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office has issued an Evacuation Warning for all areas east of Carmel Valley Road extending south from finch Creek to Arroyo Seco Rd. All areas west of River Road and For Romie Road and Arroyo Seco Road extending South to Elm Avenue and Arroyo Seco Rd.

11:30 pm — from John Chesnut: “Cal Fire has released a “red blob” map of the Carmel and River incident.
I redrew my VIIRs mash up to follow the “red blob” map.    The Cal Fire indicates several of the suburban roads were effective firelines,  and hence drawing the lines to reflect that success reduces the “fog of war” that over-estimates fire extent.

Attached is the Cal Fire released “red blob” map.

7:00 AM this page will be updated throughout the day. Check back for more updates.

CalFire Incident Page here & Facebook Updates here. Sheriff Facebook Updates here.

River and Carmel Fires Google Earth Image with VIIRS and MODIS Satellite and CDF Infrared combined. Some of the latest detections are from 10:48 UTC (3:48 AM PT, see Important caveats note below).  Click this link to view larger image: River_Carmel_Fire_082020

Sleepy Hollow view: River_Carmel_Fire_Sleepy_082020

Tassajara Road View: River_Carmel_Fire_Tassajara_082020

From John Chesnut:

Carmel Ortho Map (click on map to view full size):

Carmel Topo Map (click on map to view full size):

Daily IR Log here

National interagency Fire Center Map can be found here

Evacuation Map can be found here (Red is Order, Yellow is Warning)

Evacuation  Notifications can be found here

Current Wind can be found here

Alert Wildfire Camera here

Scanner Fire & Sheriff

Air Traffic here

Road Closures here

CalFire’s Ready, Set, Go! Checklist here (see page 9)

Important caveats: Please note that the squares on the heat detection maps represent the expected margin of error, not the size of the area burned. In other words, the detection could have come from anywhere within the square. Also be aware that false detections do sometimes occur. An outlying or “over the line” heat detection is not, by itself, a confirmation that there is fire in the area indicated. In addition, the satellites do not detect heat everywhere that fire exists. Creeping, backing or smoldering fire is often not detected. Finally, the detections are only snapshots of moments in time. Flare ups that occur before or after a satellite pass may be entirely missed.

Also be aware that yellow squares disappear from the map after 6 days. These are not maps of the area burned since the fire began, just maps of where heat has been detected during the past week.

 

7:35 PM Sheriff Scanner (unconfirmed): Sheriff Rescue will be moving to Los Tulares for evacuation warning (this must be for the River Fire). Stone Pine for Carmel Fire.

Carmel Fire – Evacuation Order for Cachagua Road north to Klondike Canyon Road on East Carmel Valley Road to include Klondike Canyon Road, and all roads and communities north east and south west of East Carmel Valley Road: The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office has issued an Evacuation Order from Cachagua Road north to Klondike Canyon Road on East Carmel Valley Road to include Klondike Canyon Road, and all roads and communities north east and south west of East Carmel Valley Road. Leave the area immediately.

7:25 PM Sheriff Scanner (unconfirmed): Sheriff Rescue will be moving to Sleepy Hollow  for evacuation warning (this must be for the Carmel Fire from Buck Mountain direction). Sheriff Rescue anticipates a long night.

Update 6:52 pm: The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office has issued an evacuation warning for areas west of River Road extending to Carmel Valley Road. West of River Road south from Gonzales River Road to Puma Road. East of Carmel Valley Road from south of Tassajara Road to Finch Creek.

10:40 PM Infrared Map Outline from today’s fire in Cachagua:

Click here for a more detailed image: Carmel Fire Outline 08192020 and Carmel Fire Outline 2 08192020

Evacuation Map as of 8:10 PM:

Updated Evacuation Map can be found here:

(Red is Order, Yellow is Warning)

CalFire Update 7:00 PM: Carmel Fire at 2,150 Acres, 0% contained.

6:55 PM Sheriff Scanner (unconfirmed): Sheriff Rescue will be moving to the Village Ranches/ Klondike Canyon for evacuation warning (this must be for River Fire).

5:15 PM Sheriff Scanner (unconfirmed): Fire running up a drainage towards Summerhill, Fire is burning past Trampa Canyon, and likely to Tassajara Road.

7:00 PM from above Stonepine:

Carmel Fire – Evacuation Order for Cachagua Rd, Tassajara Rd, and East of Carmel Valley Rd 2:13 PM: The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office has issued an Evacuation Order for the following areas: Cahcagua Road from Asoledo Drive to Tassajara Road to include Trampa Canyon Road and tributaries. Areas West of Tassajara Road to Miller Canyon not including Miller Canyon. Tassajara Road from Miller Canyon to East Carmel Valley Road to include Chew’s Ridge, Kincannon Road, Lambert Flat, Parrot Ranch Road and tributaries. Tassajara Road west to Miller Canyon not including Miller Canyon. Areas east of East Carmel Valley Road at Tassajara Road to Cahoon Ranch Road to include Martin Road and Cahoon Ranch Road. Leave the area immediately.

7:30 PM Google Earth with VIIRS satellite imagery looking towards East Carmel Valley:

7:15 PM Google Earth with VIIRS satellite imagery looking towards Buck Mountain and Old San Clemente Dam:

2PM Media Update (starts at 1:30):

2:15 PM: Fire made a big push up a drainage, they’re “loosing structures” at Sky Ranch.

2:05 PM: Asoleado area, a couple of structures are engulfed in flames. One Sheriff Rescue is blocked by fire. Also, Fire (River?) went through White Mountain at Ardeas Grade, and East to Sheep Camp.

1:15 PM: Reports that Carmel Middle School will shelter evacuees for Carmel and River fires.

Per Sheriff Scanner (unconfirmed) 1:13 PM: Requesting CHP for hard closure at CV Road and Tassajara. Active fire at Comsat. Asoleado evacuations underway.

Cachagua Fire Department Update:

12:36 pm: crews are addressing active fire near Asoleado with potential for Trampa Canyon. Structure protection crews are being deployed.

1:02 pm. Some concern is being expressed for active fire in the Asoleado area with potential to impact Trampa Canyon. We are monitoring the situation closely.

**CORRECTED** Carmel Fire – Evacuation Orders Overnight  12:12 PM Due to the dynamic situation of the Carmel Fire, Deputies issued an evacuation order of Zone 3 and a portion of Zone 4. Community members were notified in person during the night time hours. The evacuation orders are as follows: Zone 3: Cachagua Road from Summerhill Road to Asoleado Road to include Asoleado Road and all tributaries, Comstat Road, Nason Road and all tributaries south to Los Padres Reservoir. EVACUATION ORDER

Bruce Dormody sent his brother Eric this photo around 2PM, showing the Carmel Fire (on the Left) going down towards the Old San Clemente Dam.

6:15 PM Update: Additional VIIRS and MODIS satellite detection from Google Earth. Infrared Plane spotted doing patterns over the fire areas. As always, there could be false satellite readings. See Important caveats note below.

2:10 PM Update: River Fire East looks like it’s encroaching (unconfirmed) on Carmel Valley Road at Tassajara Road, Also, the two heads of the River Fire East seem to be merging together. Note: this could be false satellite readings. See Important caveats note below.

 

 

Carmel Fire update (at 1:45) video from CalFire can be found here 10:30 AM:

Spanish here:

From Happy Girl Kitchen Co. at 7:30 AM:

From Jack Galante at 7AM:

 

Visibility from above Stonepine at 10AM:

Air quality now considered Hazardous in Carmel Valley Village:

Carmel Fire 8-19-20 8:10 AM Update:

 

Carmel Fire showing the latest VIIRS satellite detections as of 8:10 AM:

National interagency Fire Center Map can be found here: https://maps.nwcg.gov/sa/#/%3F/EditLayerSatelliteFireDetections/36.4461/-121.7205/13

Important caveats: Please note that the squares on the heat detection maps represent the expected margin of error, not the size of the area burned. In other words, the detection could have come from anywhere within the square. Also be aware that false detections do sometimes occur. An outlying or “over the line” heat detection is not, by itself, a confirmation that there is fire in the area indicated. In addition, the satellites do not detect heat everywhere that fire exists. Creeping, backing or smoldering fire is often not detected. Finally, the detections are only snapshots of moments in time. Flare ups that occur before or after a satellite pass may be entirely missed.

Operations Map link here:

 

Briefing Map here:

 

Post will be updated with more info.

River Fire – Evacuation Order for all areas of San Benancio Rd between Troy Ln and Coral De Cielo Rd 7:23 PM:

The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office has changed the Evacuation Warning to an Evacuation Order for all areas of San Benancio Rd between Troy Ln and Coral De Cielo Rd, to include Coral De Cielo Rd, Tiera Vista Ln, and Lucy Ln. Leave the area immediately. Evacuate west on San Benancio Rd to Highway 68.

River Fire – Evacuation Warning for areas west of River Road extending east to Carmel Valley Road and south from Gonzales river Road to Puma Road. The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office has issued an evacuation warning for areas west of River Road extending to Carmel Valley Road. West of River Road south from Gonzales River Road to Puma Road. East of Carmel Valley Road from south of Tassajara Road to Finch Creek.

Updated Evacuation Map can be found here:

(Red is Order, Yellow is Warning)

2PM Media Update (starts at 1:30):

 

1:15 PM: Reports that Carmel Middle School will shelter evacuees for Carmel and River fires.

River Fire update video from CalFire can be found here 10:30 AM:

Spanish here:

River Fire – Evacuation Order for Las Palmas Parkway, Ranchito Drive, Indian Springs Road, Berry Drive, Enos Drive, Redding Drive, and Belmont Circle 11:09 AM: The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office has changed the Evacuation Warning to an Evacuation Order for the following areas: South of River Road from Tara Drive to Pine Canyon Road to include all roads off of: Las Palmas Parkway, Ranchito Drive, Indian Springs Road, Berry Drive, Enos Drive, Redding Drive, and Belmont Circle. Leave the area immediately. Evacuate to River Road. 

 

River Fire – Evacuation Warning for North of Highway 68 from San Benancio Road east to include all Roads off of Portola Drive to Veronica Drive/Estoque Place 10:43 AM: The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office has issued an Evacuation Warning for areas North of Highway 68 from San Benancio Road east to include all Roads off of Portola Drive to Veronica Drive/Estoque Place. 

River Fire – Evacuation Order 10:04 AM: The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office has changed the Evacuation Warning to an Evacuation Order for the following areas: Communities within the north of San Benancio Rd, West of Troy Lane, Southeast of Harper Canyon Rd to include Harper Canyon Road, Weather Rock Way, Rimrock Canyon Road. Leave the area immediately. Evacuate north on San Benancio Rd to Highway 68.

Per Scanner Traffic (unconfirmed) 10:10 AM: Possible evacuations for Harper Canyon

 

River Fire 8-19-20 8 AM Update

#RiverFire off Pine Canyon and River Rd, east of Salinas in Monterey county remains 10,672 acres and 7% contained. Unified command: CAL FIRE BEU and Monterey County Sheriff’s Department.

From the CalFire Website:

River fire shown next to the Carmel Fire:

River Fire showing Infrared Heat Perimeter and the latest VIIRS satellite detections:

Important caveats: Please note that the squares on the heat detection maps represent the expected margin of error, not the size of the area burned. In other words, the detection could have come from anywhere within the square. Also be aware that false detections do sometimes occur. An outlying or “over the line” heat detection is not, by itself, a confirmation that there is fire in the area indicated. In addition, the satellites do not detect heat everywhere that fire exists. Creeping, backing or smoldering fire is often not detected. Finally, the detections are only snapshots of moments in time. Flare ups that occur before or after a satellite pass may be entirely missed.

Also be aware that yellow squares disappear from the map after 6 days. These are not maps of the area burned since the fire began, just maps of where heat has been detected during the past week.

National interagency Fire Center Map can be found here: https://maps.nwcg.gov/sa/#/%3F/EditLayerSatelliteFireDetections/36.5964/-121.701/12

 

Post will be updated with more info.

Go watch a video bigsurkiyote (lance lindborg) posted. It is crazy! That’s on instagram. Just search for his screen name.

It is now 1:15. I will probably make it until 2, but not much past that, I fear. Here is a photo by Scott Moffat who says:

Took these earlier tonight from the top of hot springs canyon. I
watched the fire climb out of Dolan watershed and spill over into Hot
Springs canyon with the wind at my back. Silhouettes of tree skeletons
from the recent fires still stand as the current inferno rages towards
home.

Midnight, and at 11:45 — from scanner (not confirmed): Fire burning downhill with rapid rate of spread. Spotting downhill 100 yards out ahead of itself. Esalen Institute threatened!!! Structure protection needed asap. Fire behavior described as extreme.

Here is a photo from just minutes before they closed the road near/at this location.

11 pm — Highway One is closed, Nacimiento is closed. (??? From scanner traffic)

Per the scanner 10:20PM: Sheriff Rescue calling CHP for a hard closure of HWY1 for fire coming down the hill.

State Forest Ranger/ CalFire are reporting the Dolan Fire, approx. 90 acres, 2-miles into the forest. Approximate location is 55427 Highway 1 in Big Sur,  36 7.166 x 121 35.986.

Post will be updated as info becomes available.

Per Wildcad:

08/18/2020 20:04

LPF-2428

Dolan

Wildfire

36 7.166 x 121 35.986

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36 7.398, -121 36.096

21S R3E Sec 11

Carmel Fire – Evacuation Warning for Tassajara Rd 7:05 PM: The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office has issued an evacuation warning for all residents on Tassajara Rd, including the community of Jamesburg, Parrot Ranch Rd, Laurel Spring Rd, Kincannon Rd, Sage Mountain Rd, Lambert, Poppy Tree, tributaries, and Tassajara Rd from Cachagua Rd to East Carmel Valley Rd. Evacuate north on Tassajara Rd to Carmel Valley Rd.

Scanner Report from Sheriff Rescue (unconfirmed) 6:50 PM: Sheriff Rescue is calling for Evacuation Advisory for all of Tassajara Road. Also, a new Strike Team arrived at CV Road and Cachagua Road (for assignment).

Scanner Report from Sheriff Rescue (unconfirmed) 6:20 PM: Sheriff is asking CHP for a Hard Road Closure at Cachagua and Tassajara Road. Carmel Valley Library is the Evacuation Center. Knock on the door – Temperature checks

Carmel Fire – Evacuation Order for Summerhill Road to Asoleado Dr. Evacuation Warning for Asoleado Dr to Tassajara Rd 5:54 PM – The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office has issued an evacuation order for residents east of Cachagua Rd between Summerhill Road and Asoleado Dr, including Summerhill, Nason, Asoleado Dr and Tributaries. An evacuation warning has been issued for residents east of Cachagua Rd between Asoleado Dr and Tassajara Rd, including Trampa Cayon Rd, Comstat Rd, and tributaries. Evacuate south on Cachagua Rd to Tassajara Rd.

Scanner Report from Incident Command (unconfirmed)  4:26 PM: IS is asking for any additional units and equipment. They’re also asking to push the evacuation order to Tassajara Road.

Scanner Report from Sheriff Rescue (unconfirmed) 5:50 PM: Neighborhoods from Sky Ranch up to Asoleado have been alerted of the Evacuation Notice. A Deputy has been assigned to notify the Zen Center.

Evacuation Order for Via Cielo to Summerhill. Evacuation Warning for Summerhill to Nason Rd – The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office has issued an evacuation order for residents east of Cachagua Rd between Via Cielo and Summerhill Road, including Via Cielo, Summerhill and Tributaries. An evacuation warning has been issued for residents east of Cachagua Rd between Summerhill and Nason Rd. Evacuate south on Cachagua Rd to Tassajara Rd.  (They will not be able to get out to Carmel Valley Rd. According to Cachagua Fire officials, all aircraft have been told to stand down due to thick smoke from the River Fire.)

Evacuation Order Cachagua Rd between Sky Ranch and Via Cielo – Per MC_OES 3:20 PM:  “Evacuation order for residents east of Cachagua Rd between Sky Ranch and Via Cielo, including Sky Ranch, Tributaries, and Via Cielo.”

Sky Ranch Mandatory Evacuations – Per MCSO 2PM: “This is a message from the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office, this is a notification of mandatory evacuations for anything above the fire on Cahagua Rd, exit onto Tassajara rd, you will not be able to get out to Carmel Valley Rd.”

4:15 PM: 3 structures burned, 5 damaged, still has potential to 1,500 acres.

3:39 PM: Currently 400-450 acres,  potential to 1,500 Acres…

3:06 PM: Currently 200-250 acres, rapid rate of spread, structure defense, potential to 1,000 Acres…

1:45 update: 30-40 acres, rapid rate, potential for 250 acres

New fire reported, 10 acres, 2 houses immediate threat, 20 houses threatened. 737 air-tanker on-scene.

Per sheriff on scene, spreading fast. Requesting CHP to shut down CVR & Cachagua.

From above Stonepine 8:50 PM:

From CV Village at 8:45PM:

Google Earth hot spots (VIIRS) as of 5PM PT (not current):

CLick here for an online Fire Map (may not be current):  https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/?fbclid=IwAR0qBh6JZHsQqqnsIMEQAZPsag8oq5kc7z-aoD8Cb1J5cxFfDRhPUxnPqBY#t:adv;d:2020-08-17..2020-08-18;@-121.6,36.4,12z

4:21 from Los Tulares:

4:10 above Stonepine:

2:14 PM from above Stonepine:

2:08 PM from Long Ridge:

 

Picture below from: http://www.alertwildfire.org/centralcoast/index.html?camera=Axis-Carmel&v=81e004f&fbclid=IwAR0RogPMRAEUXzVdxRFg90N8hfoUKXKRFB3Pq2LThpnBEny6Qy4p0dHr46A

Updated photo 5:17 PM

Updated photo 2:21 PM

 

1:35 PM from CV Airport:

Per FB (at the corner below the Turkey Shoot):

8/18/20 Air Quality at Carmel Valley -Tularcitos School: