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| Open space burns off on Fasler Avenue. Some residents evacuated, others kept in their homes. Firefighters and other first responders are heroes once again. |
NBC Bay Area/Lisa Fernandez and Shawn Murphy, 1/26/15. "6-alarm grass fire in Pacifica prompts evacuations."
"A growing grass fire in a Pacifica
canyon early Monday morning prompted evacuations and kept several people
shut away in their homes as firefighters battled the blaze.
The
fire broke out about 3:30 a.m. in the 1100 block of Fasler Avenue, and
quickly escalated into six alarms. The scene was quite dramatic for the
small beachside city in between San Francisco and Half Moon Bay.
Clyde Preston of the North County Fire Authority said as of 6:30 a.m.
about 90 people had been evacuated as a precautionary measure and being
helped at the Pacifica Community Center. Residents were allowed back to
their homes by 8:15 a.m.
The winds and steep terrain, he said, were making the vegetation fire
challenging to fight. About 60 firefighters were working to quell the
flames, which were pushing toward the ocean. ... " Read more. Article updated at 8:36 a.m., to include video 2:45 minutes, "5 acres, 6 alarm fire."
Related - Nextdoor email, 8 a.m./Pacifica Police Department,"Road closure due to major fire"."Due to a major fire, Fassler Ave. is closed between Driftwood Cir. and Terra Nova Blvd. Use alternate routes to Highway 1."
Update article, 8:31 a.m.: San Francisco Chronicle/Evan Sernoffsky and Henry Lee, 1/26/15, "Firefighers contain 6-alarm wildfire in Pacifica." ... “Tinder-dry conditions” at the end of a rainless January contributed to
the spread of the blaze, Preston said. The cause of the fire was under
investigation. .... Early-season rains came to an abrupt halt last month, and the landscape
has dried out. San Francisco is on the verge of going an entire January
with no measurable rain, something that has never happened 166 years of
record-keeping."
Update article, 10:58 a.m.: Pacifica Patch/Renee Schiavone, Staff, 1/26/15, "Six alarm vegetation fire prompts early morning evacuations in Pacifica." "The fire was fully contained by about 7:30 a.m. and residents were allowed to return to their homes around 8:30 a.m.", North County Fire Authority Inspector Clyde Preston said. About 40 residents went to an evacuation center that had been set up at the Pacifica Community Center at 540 Crespi Drive, he said.Fire crews will be in the area all day Monday to cut live and burned vegetation and to put out any small fires that might spark back up, Preston said."
Note photographs: Hillside fire from the NBC Bay Area article (their helicopter chopper); contained fire one of several by Steven Sernoffsky from the San Francisco Chronicle article.
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| Fire contained, going, gone. |
Update article, 10:58 a.m.: Pacifica Patch/Renee Schiavone, Staff, 1/26/15, "Six alarm vegetation fire prompts early morning evacuations in Pacifica." "The fire was fully contained by about 7:30 a.m. and residents were allowed to return to their homes around 8:30 a.m.", North County Fire Authority Inspector Clyde Preston said. About 40 residents went to an evacuation center that had been set up at the Pacifica Community Center at 540 Crespi Drive, he said.Fire crews will be in the area all day Monday to cut live and burned vegetation and to put out any small fires that might spark back up, Preston said."
Note photographs: Hillside fire from the NBC Bay Area article (their helicopter chopper); contained fire one of several by Steven Sernoffsky from the San Francisco Chronicle article.
Posted by Kathy Meeh
2 comments:
Some idiot threw hot charcoals off his deck and started the fire hours later.
11:32 how do you know this? Or did you make it up?
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