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Santa Cruz Fire: 250 Evacuated from Bonny Doon Wildfires

by Rob Walker | August 13, 2009 at 06:41 am

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Lockheed fire: At least 250 people have been evacuated from Bonny Doon near Santa Cruz as wildfires continue to burn out of control.

Over 300 firefighters are fighting the Lockheed fire, which began at around 7pm on Wednesday evening. By 10pm it had already burned through more than 1,000 acres.

Roughly 250 homes were being evacuated as the ferocious blaze charred more than 1,000 acres in less than 3 hours and continued to quickly spread.

Reports indicate the Bonny Doon fire started at around 7 pm Wednesday night and by 10 pm had already burned through more than 1000 acres.
More than 300 firefighters were already fighting the Bonny Doon fire last night with more already en route.

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albertacowpoke

at 08:03 on August 13th, 2009

About 600 homes were ordered to evacuate in the Swanton Road area of Santa Cruz County. The reverse 911 system was activated to alert the residents.

An evacuation center has been set up at Pacific Elementary School in the town of Davenport. There are no beds set up there, but they are collecting information and providing shelter. Also, the American Red Cross has established a shelter at Vintage Faith Church located at 350 Mission St. in Santa Cruz.

Sheriffs were going door-to-door in the area, but were very concerned they may not reach all of the residents who are off the grid and wouldn't have received the emergency calls. Because the area is so remote, many people rely on their own well water and backup generators.

Christian Bale (not verified)

at 13:18 on August 13th, 2009

#lockheed and #calfire on Twitter have good, upto date info on the fire so far. We live by the tasting room up there and were given notice of mandatory evacuations around Noon.