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27th July 2018, 08:13 AM
At least one fire fighter has lost his life
UPDATED: The entire city of Shasta Lake and areas around must evacuate
JENNY ESPINO AND JIM SCHULTZ AND AMBER SANDHU AND ALAYNA SHULMAN | REDDING RECORD SEARCHLIGHT | 3:56 am PDT July 26, 2018
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A view of the Carr Fire from Shasta High School Thursday night as it pushed into Redding.
Update
Cal Fire has not updated evacuations since last post. Authorities are controlling access to some areas of Redding hit by the fire. We are working to provide updates on the extent of damage.
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The Carr Fire as seen from All Saints' Episcopal Church in north Redding July 26, 2018.
JIM SCHULTZ
Update, 2:38 a.m.
The entire city of Shasta Lake has been ordered to evacuate. The newest evacuation order covers:
- Shasta Dam Visitor Center
- All of Shasta Dam Boulevard
- All of Shasta Lake City and Summit City
Also, a new evacuation center has been set up. In addition to Shasta College, evacuees can go to Cross Point Community Church, 2960 Hartnell Boulevard, Redding.
Update, 1:35 a.m.
Here are all the areas that have been added to the evacuation list since the last update. All of these are mandatory, according to Cal Fire:
- Pine Grove Avenue north on Lake Boulevard to Shasta Dam, including Summit City, North Belt Line and Flannigan Road.
- Intersection of Placer Road and Buenaventura Boulevard west to Thomson Lane.
- Buenaventura Boulevard from Placer Road to Westside Road.
- Westside Road to Kenyon Drive, including Country Heights and West Redding Neighborhoods.
- Buenaventura Boulevard to Highway 299 to Placer Road.
- Placer Road from Buenaventura Boulevard to Cloverdale Road.
- Clear Creek Road west from Cloverdale Road to Honey Bee Road.
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Incredible scenes of Carr Fire blowing up near Whiskeytown - Wednesday
Update, 1:23 a.m.
Shasta County Jail in downtown Redding is not being evacuated, Sheriff Tom Bosenko said. There had been reports of evacuation on social media, but Bosenko said those are not true.
Bosenko said authorities have given evacuation notices to "thousands of homes". Now, law enforcement is conducting roving patrols in evacuated areas to prevent looting.
Update, 12:25 a.m.
Cal Fire spokesman Jonathon Cox said there is no solid information about evacuations or road closures because the fire is moving too fast.
Redding police and Shasta County Sheriff’s were notifying neighborhoods of evacuation orders as needed,
The fire had burned into Redding proper and numerous structures had been lost, Cox said. He said firefighting agencies were in “evacuation and life-saving mode” right now.
“This fire is moving at such speed and at such intensity that it’s moving faster than we can,” Cox said.
“This thing is progressing faster than firefighting troops can keep up with,” he said.
Update, 11:55 p.m.
Mercy Medical Center is evacuating five babies from its neonatal intensive care unit, spokesman Mike Mangas said. He stressed that the hospital as a whole is not being evacuated.
However, "high-risk patients are being prepared to evacuate should the need arise," he wrote in an email. He also said the hospital's emergency room is open and has treated several burn patients. All but one, he said, was treated and released.
"As of this writing, three more patients were being brought in, the severity of their injuries is not known," he wrote.
Update, 11:38 p.m.
Cal Fire has issued the following mandatory evacuations Thursday night:
- North of Sacramento River to Keswick Dam Road, west of Market Street and Lake Boulevard to Keswick Dam.
- North at Lake Boulevard and Oasis Road to Pine Grove Avenue and Walker Mine Road, west of Cascade Road/I-5.
Again, evacuation centers are set up at Shasta College in Redding and Weaverville Elementary School in
Chief Brett Gouvea of Cal Fire sounded a dire warning in a video statement: "This fire is extremely dangerous and moving with no regard for what's in its path.
Update, 11:23
Additional firefighters and civilians have been injured beyond the private dozer operator who has been killed, Unified Incident Commander Chief Brett Gouvea said. They are continuing to work on notifying the operator's next of kin, he said.
Update, 10:25 p.m.
Cal Fire is reporting that a private dozer operator w"as killed while fighting the Carr Fire.
"Fact finding on the accident is ongoing and notification of next of kin is in progress," the agency said in a news release.
Update, 10 p.m.
Mandatory evacuations have been ordered for "areas west of Shasta Dam" and Summit City, per
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Carr Fire near Iron Mountain Road, Redding
JIM SCHULTZ, RECORD SEARCHLIGHT
Update, 9:30 p.m.
Mercy Medical Center spokesman Mike Mangas said the hospital was not being evacuated yet, but they were getting newborns ready, in case they needed to be taken to another hospital.
Patients in the Intensive Care Unit were also being prepared, in case they needed to be transferred to other hospitals, Mangas said.
Update, 9:20 p.m.
Traffic from evacuations has shut down North Market Street to southbound traffic on the miracle mile. Reports of slow-moving traffic are coming in from all around northwest Redding, and Interstate 5 is reportedly moving at a crawl southbound past the Lake Boulevard interchange.
Update, 9:05 p.m.
Cal Fire now says 15 structures have been destroyed and five more damaged. It was not immediately clear where they were loc
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UPDATED: The entire city of Shasta Lake and areas around must evacuate
JENNY ESPINO AND JIM SCHULTZ AND AMBER SANDHU AND ALAYNA SHULMAN | REDDING RECORD SEARCHLIGHT | 3:56 am PDT July 26, 2018
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A view of the Carr Fire from Shasta High School Thursday night as it pushed into Redding.
Update
Cal Fire has not updated evacuations since last post. Authorities are controlling access to some areas of Redding hit by the fire. We are working to provide updates on the extent of damage.
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The Carr Fire as seen from All Saints' Episcopal Church in north Redding July 26, 2018.
JIM SCHULTZ
Update, 2:38 a.m.
The entire city of Shasta Lake has been ordered to evacuate. The newest evacuation order covers:
- Shasta Dam Visitor Center
- All of Shasta Dam Boulevard
- All of Shasta Lake City and Summit City
Also, a new evacuation center has been set up. In addition to Shasta College, evacuees can go to Cross Point Community Church, 2960 Hartnell Boulevard, Redding.
Update, 1:35 a.m.
Here are all the areas that have been added to the evacuation list since the last update. All of these are mandatory, according to Cal Fire:
- Pine Grove Avenue north on Lake Boulevard to Shasta Dam, including Summit City, North Belt Line and Flannigan Road.
- Intersection of Placer Road and Buenaventura Boulevard west to Thomson Lane.
- Buenaventura Boulevard from Placer Road to Westside Road.
- Westside Road to Kenyon Drive, including Country Heights and West Redding Neighborhoods.
- Buenaventura Boulevard to Highway 299 to Placer Road.
- Placer Road from Buenaventura Boulevard to Cloverdale Road.
- Clear Creek Road west from Cloverdale Road to Honey Bee Road.
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Incredible scenes of Carr Fire blowing up near Whiskeytown - Wednesday
Update, 1:23 a.m.
Shasta County Jail in downtown Redding is not being evacuated, Sheriff Tom Bosenko said. There had been reports of evacuation on social media, but Bosenko said those are not true.
Bosenko said authorities have given evacuation notices to "thousands of homes". Now, law enforcement is conducting roving patrols in evacuated areas to prevent looting.
Update, 12:25 a.m.
Cal Fire spokesman Jonathon Cox said there is no solid information about evacuations or road closures because the fire is moving too fast.
Redding police and Shasta County Sheriff’s were notifying neighborhoods of evacuation orders as needed,
The fire had burned into Redding proper and numerous structures had been lost, Cox said. He said firefighting agencies were in “evacuation and life-saving mode” right now.
“This fire is moving at such speed and at such intensity that it’s moving faster than we can,” Cox said.
“This thing is progressing faster than firefighting troops can keep up with,” he said.
Update, 11:55 p.m.
Mercy Medical Center is evacuating five babies from its neonatal intensive care unit, spokesman Mike Mangas said. He stressed that the hospital as a whole is not being evacuated.
However, "high-risk patients are being prepared to evacuate should the need arise," he wrote in an email. He also said the hospital's emergency room is open and has treated several burn patients. All but one, he said, was treated and released.
"As of this writing, three more patients were being brought in, the severity of their injuries is not known," he wrote.
Update, 11:38 p.m.
Cal Fire has issued the following mandatory evacuations Thursday night:
- North of Sacramento River to Keswick Dam Road, west of Market Street and Lake Boulevard to Keswick Dam.
- North at Lake Boulevard and Oasis Road to Pine Grove Avenue and Walker Mine Road, west of Cascade Road/I-5.
Again, evacuation centers are set up at Shasta College in Redding and Weaverville Elementary School in
Chief Brett Gouvea of Cal Fire sounded a dire warning in a video statement: "This fire is extremely dangerous and moving with no regard for what's in its path.
Update, 11:23
Additional firefighters and civilians have been injured beyond the private dozer operator who has been killed, Unified Incident Commander Chief Brett Gouvea said. They are continuing to work on notifying the operator's next of kin, he said.
Update, 10:25 p.m.
Cal Fire is reporting that a private dozer operator w"as killed while fighting the Carr Fire.
"Fact finding on the accident is ongoing and notification of next of kin is in progress," the agency said in a news release.
Update, 10 p.m.
Mandatory evacuations have been ordered for "areas west of Shasta Dam" and Summit City, per
https://media.gannett-cdn.com/28911775001/28911775001_5814201059001_5814198691001-vs.jpg?pubId=28911775001
Carr Fire near Iron Mountain Road, Redding
JIM SCHULTZ, RECORD SEARCHLIGHT
Update, 9:30 p.m.
Mercy Medical Center spokesman Mike Mangas said the hospital was not being evacuated yet, but they were getting newborns ready, in case they needed to be taken to another hospital.
Patients in the Intensive Care Unit were also being prepared, in case they needed to be transferred to other hospitals, Mangas said.
Update, 9:20 p.m.
Traffic from evacuations has shut down North Market Street to southbound traffic on the miracle mile. Reports of slow-moving traffic are coming in from all around northwest Redding, and Interstate 5 is reportedly moving at a crawl southbound past the Lake Boulevard interchange.
Update, 9:05 p.m.
Cal Fire now says 15 structures have been destroyed and five more damaged. It was not immediately clear where they were loc
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