If police or sheriff's deputies ask you to evacuate, do it without question. If you have been asked to evacuate, try to avoid becoming trapped. If a person does require rescue, it takes the firefighters battling the blaze off the line.
(SAN DIEGO) - San Diego emergency officials are asking residents to remain calm and thoughtful as they deal with what is probably the worst series of wildfires to ever sweep over the state.
Emergency officials are urging people to avoid using major highways within the county today. The roadways need to remain clear for evacuations.
If police or sheriff's deputies ask you to evacuate, do it without question. If you have been asked to evacuate, try to avoid becoming trapped. If a person does require rescue, it takes the firefighters battling the blaze off the line.
SanDiego.com is suggesting that as much as possible, residents should use land lines and not mobile phones as emergency crews use the mobile network to communicate.
This is a timeline on closures and other updates:1:20pm Tuesday - Mandatory evacuation of La Jolla Reservation1:13 pm Tuesday - Superior Courts closed1:02 pm Tuesday - Evacuation of Harmony Grove12:28 pm Tuesday - City of Poway opens some areas11:49 am Tuesday - Evacuations: Palomar Mountain and Escondido10:57 am Tuesday - Mandatory Evacuations: Fallbrook, Chula Vista, Rancho Bernardo10:54 am Tuesday - Power Outage Update10:53 am Tuesday - Damage Assessment Teams Deployed10:25 am Tuesday - Mandatory Evacuation of Fairbanks Ranch ordered10:17 am Tuesday - Medical volunteers needed9:58 am Tuesday - South Bay evacuation advisory9:30 am Tuesday - Air quality advisory 9:13 am Tuesday - Fiesta Island (Mission Bay) has capacity for horses9:07 am Tuesday - Del Mar Mandatory and Solana Beach Voluntary Evacuation5:13 am Tuesday - La Jolla Indian Reservation and Schools Closures 3:31 am Tuesday - Updates for Witch, Harris and Rice Fires1:01 am Tuesday - Updated fire perimeter map released8:35 pm Monday - Updated Witch and Harris Fires status with new map6:44 pm Monday - Private citizen offers facilities for 1700 horses4:56 pm Monday - Del Mar Fairgrounds at full capacity for special needs2:49 pm Monday - New Evacuation Centers2:07 pm Monday - Scripps Ranch evacuated2:02 pm Monday - Fallbrook and Chila Vista evacuations1:45 pm Monday - Fire shelter update12:47 pm Monday - Fallbrook and Valley Center Evacuations12:22 pm Monday - More Poway Evacuations11:33 am Monday - Fire Perimeters and Evacuation maps updated11:16 am Monday - Mandatory evacuations have been ordered for Hallyeyaaw Lane in Santa Ysabel10:53 am Monday - I-15 remains closed10:48 am Monday - Park Closures announced10:37 am Monday - Rancho Sante Fe Evacuated8:53 am Monday - I-15 re-opened in both directions with closed offramps at Lake Hodges and Mercy Road8:20 am Monday - Pomerado Hospital evacuated - for info 858-613-4000 San Diego Fairgrounds open to accept evacueesAll San Diego County courts closed6:30 am Monday - Qualcomm Stadium now open for evacuation6:44 am Monday - North of 56, east of I-5 and south of Del Dios Highway ordered evacuated6:44 am Monday - 44 power outages, 12,892 customers affected. Air quality for county wide: moderate to unhealthy---------------------------------------------------------Special thanks to sandiego.com for the closure lists
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