The Shasta County Sheriff's Office issued an evacuation warning for residents living on all roads west of Interstate 5 to Ashby Road, between Pine Grove and Shasta Dam. Thursday: Evacuation warnings in place for areas west of I-5 to Ashby The Shasta County Sheriff's Office issued a mandatory evacuation order for the Mountain Gate area, due to the Fawn Fire.Īll roads east of Dry Creek along Elk Trail east, north to Shasta Lake, and back down Dry Creek must evacuate immediately. Thursday: Sheriff issues evacuation order for Mountain Gate The Shasta County Sheriff's Office issued a mandatory evacuation order for residents of all roads west of Dry Creek, north of Squaw Grass Trail, east of Creek Trail and south of Bear Mountain. Thursday: Evacuation ordered for Dry Creek area Watch Video: Grandson helps neighbors evacuate from Fawn Fire 2:50 p.m. Earlier in the day, employees in the area had reported seeing a white female adult trespassing on the property and acting irrationally, Cal Fire said.Īlexandra Souverneva graduated from the California Institute of Technology in 2012 with a bachelor's degrees in biology and chemistry, said university spokeswoman Kathy Svitil. She was then interviewed by Cal Fire law enforcement officers, who believe she was responsible for causing the fire. She told them she was dehydrated and needed medical treatment. 22 reported being approached by a woman who walked out of the brush at about 8 p.m. Cal Fire said they are recommending that she be charged with “arson to wildland.”Ĭrews from Cal Fire and other fire agencies who were responding to a vegetation fire in a remote canyon near Fawndale Road north of Mountain Gate on Sept. It did not elaborate on what "affected" means, but the areas under evacuation warning are much larger than those where people have already been ordered to flee.įire officials said on Thursday that Alexandra Andreevna Souverneva, 30, of Palo Alto, is being suspected of arson. Souverneva is being held on $100,000 bail after being booked into the Shasta County Jail. The Fawn Fire has forced 4,000 people to evacuate and "affected" 30,000, the Shasta County Sheriff's Office said in a tweet. Thursday: 30,000 people affected so far state of emergency ordered However, the National Weather Service said the high temperature will be about 97 degrees Friday. But those winds will be diminished Friday, he said. Winds with gusts over 20 mph caused the fire to grow rapidly Thursday afternoon. "Overall, conditions are looking more favorable." Not that big cumulous cloud over the fire like earlier today," he said. "Looking at the smoke in the area, it's dissipating nicely. With winds near the Fawn Fire subsiding early Thursday evening, the blaze's rate of spread has slowed down some, said Cal Fire spokesman Scott Ross. Thursday: Winds die down conditions 'more favorable' Sunday if the school plans to extend the closure, Griggs said. Students, faculty and staff will be notified by 6 p.m. Online classes and programs that meet at the college's downtown Redding location will continue. More: Here's how you can sign up for Code Red alerts in Shasta County More: What you can do now to prepare yourself for wildfire evacuation Shasta College's main campus will resume classes on Monday after it canceled programs and evacuated its facilities on Thursday due to the Fawn Fire.Īll in-person instruction and services on the main campus will remain closed on Friday and over the weekend, according to Shasta College spokesman Peter Griggs. Thursday: Shasta College classes resume Monday The fire also destroyed 25 structures, according to Cal Fire. Thursday began with the fire at about 800 acres, but the wind and dry dry trees and brush quickly blew the fire to 1,200 acres by the afternoon. The latest update on the Fawn Fire burning north of Redding put it at 5,500 acres, while crews had only 5% containment on the fire. Watch Video: Video: Fawn Fire burns northeast of Redding 7:30 p.m.
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