8/17/2017 Chetco Bar Fire Update

Chetco Bar Fire Evacuation Order #2 Additional Area Being Evacuated August 18, 2017  3:30 p.m. Joint Information Press Release: Curry County Sheriff’s Department Phoenix NIMO Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest Chetco Bar Fire Information, (541) 247-3680

The Curry County Sheriff’s Department has issued a second Level 3 GO! mandatory evacuation. This evacuation order is on the authority of the Curry County Sheriff’s office. The new evacuation order area encompasses Gardiner Ridge Road up to Hazel Camp area, Loeb State Park, Cate Road, and the Wilson Creek area. The Sheriff will be hold a press conference today, 5 p.m. outside the Brookings Emergency Operations Center, 898 Elk Dr, Brookings, OR. Level 3, or "GO!": LEAVE WITHIN 24 HOURS alerts residents that danger to your area is current or imminent, and you should evacuate as soon as possible but no later than 12 p.m. (noon) on Saturday, Aug. 19. The earlier evacuation warning area at the three river bars along the Chetco River - Miller, Nook and Redwood bars – remains in effect. At 8 a.m. tomorrow, Saturday, Aug. 19, the voluntary evacuation warning will become a mandatory evacuation order. A warning means that there is a probability of the need to evacuate at a moment’s notice. Residents should make arrangements to move property and livestock. People with special health needs or other concerns should relocate during the warning. Displaced residents may relocate to the evacuation shelter at the Brookings-Harbor High School (625 Pioneer Rd, Brookings, 97415). The American Red Cross is staffing this shelter. Travelers in campers and motels are asked to relocate elsewhere along the Oregonian coast. The Sheriff’s Department is turning back public traffic along the North Bank Chetco River Road at the Loeb State Park. Only residents will be allowed to proceed past that checkpoint. Due to the imminent risk to public safety, there will be no exceptions to this policy. We strongly advise travelers to avoid this area so the appropriate law enforcement and wildland firefighter resources can respond to this emergency. Chetco Bar Fire Information will be staffed 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. and can be reached at 541-247-3680. There will be a Community Meeting Sunday, 3 p.m., at the Azalea Middle School, 505 Pacific Ave, Brookings. For a downloadable update click here   Social Media Resources: Twitter: @RRSNF #ChetcoBarFire Facebook: /https://www.facebook.com/R6RRSNF/ Inciweb: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5385/ E-mail: chetcobarfireinfo@gmail.com   Smoke: http://oregonsmoke.blogspot.com/