Gilroy SCU Lightning Fire Complex Update August 2020

Press release from the City of Gilroy:

August 20, 2020

SCU Lightning Complex Fires Evacuation Order and Warning:

CalFire has released an online evacuation map showing areas under current Evacuation Orders and Evacuation Warnings:

https://nifc.maps.arcgis.com/apps/View/index.html?appid=69fca73a82df4fefa7c0e48b66d0899d&extent=-123.2395,36.6849,-119.5618,38.1032⁣

Ann Sobrato High School located at 401 Burnett Ave., Morgan Hill CA 95037, has been designated as an Evacuation Resource Center for Santa Clara County.

Evacuation order: Immediate threat to life. This is a lawful order to leave now. The area is lawfully closed to public access.

Evacuation Warning: Potential threat to life and or property. Those who require additional time to evacuate and those with pets and livestock should leave now.

• Santa Clara County Community Information, Resources and Updates
• CalFire Incident Page with Up to Date Information Regarding Local Fires
• UCANR Fire Map, an Independent Community Effort to Provide General Awareness of Wildfire Activity
• AirNow Interactive Map Showing Current Air Quality in the Bay Area
• County of Santa Clara EOC Wildfire Hotline: 408-808-7778

The image below is from 8/20 at 2:20 PM. For up to date orders and warnings use the link to access to the CalFire map

This press release was produced by the City of Gilroy.The views expressed here are the author’s own.