Pay Fire: Evacuations in place due to fast moving blaze in El Dorado County

WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS. WE ARE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS IN EL DORADO COUNTY, WHERE FIREFIGHTERS ARE BATTLING A WILDFIRE THAT’S BURNING AT THE PLACERVILLE AIRPORT TONIGHT. PEOPLE ARE BEING ORDERED TO EVACUATE FROM THEIR HOMES AS CREWS WORK TO STOP THE FLAMES. THIS FIRE STARTED AT AROUND THREE THIS AFTERNOON AND IS CALLED THE PAY FIRE. THE VIDEO ON THE LEFT SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN IS FROM AN ALERT CALIFORNIA CAMERA IN THAT AREA SHOWING THE SMOKE. THIS AFTERNOON THE FIRE BROKE OUT IN THE AREA OF PAY DIRT DRIVE THAT IS JUST SOUTHWEST OF THE AIRPORT, WHERE FIRE OFFICIALS SAY THAT HANGARS ARE INVOLVED. CAL FIRE SAYS 20 ACRES HAVE ALREADY BURNED, AND THIS FIRE IS SPREADING AT A DANGEROUS RATE. LET’S SHOW YOU A LIVE LOOK RIGHT NOW AT THE EVACUATION MAP FOR THIS FIRE. THE AREAS IN RED ARE PLACES THAT ARE UNDER THOSE MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDERS. THAT INCLUDES THE NEIGHBORHOOD AROUND LIONS PARK ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE EVACUATION ORDERS. SOME OF THE STREETS IN THAT AREA ARE CEDAR RAVINE ROAD, BUTTERFLY LANE, BRENDAN WAY, BARRETT DRIVE, TEXAS HILL ROAD, AND AIRPORT ROAD. MUCH OF THE AIRPORT IS UNDER MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDERS AS WELL, AND AS YOU HEAD EAST LEANING TREE ROAD AND NEWTOWN ROAD AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS EAST OF THAT ARE UNDER THOSE EVACUATION ORDERS AS WELL. THAT’S ALL. AS YOU HEAD TOWARD CAMINO, THE AREAS IN YELLOW ARE UNDER EVACUATION WARNINGS. ALL OF THIS IS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50. BUT GETTING REALLY CLOSE TO THE HIGHWAY THERE. THERE, OF COURSE, ARE ROAD CLOSURES IN THE AREA AS WELL. KCRA 3’S PEYTON HEADLEY JOINS US LIVE FROM THE FIRE ZONE. PEYTON, ARE YOU STILL AT THE AIRPORT RIGHT NOW. WE ARE STILL AT THE AIRPORT. THIS SEEMS TO BE A BIG FOCUS FOR FIRE CREWS HERE. IF YOU LOOK TO THE LEFT, YOU CAN SEE JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF WHERE WE ARE NOW, THERE ARE SOME FLAMES THAT ARE BURNING THAT SEEMS TO BE WHERE CREWS ARE DEVOTING A LOT OF THEIR RESOURCES. WE’VE SEEN A FEW DIFFERENT DROPS JUST IN THE LAST FEW MINUTES. IT SOUNDS LIKE ANOTHER ONE MIGHT BE COMING FROM OVERHEAD IN A SECOND, BUT IT DOES APPEAR ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AIRPORT. THAT THERE IS A LOT OF VEGETATION, A LOT OF WOODED AREA. YOU CAN SEE A HELICOPTER ON THE OTHER SIDE THERE. SO THEY’RE FIGHTING THIS FROM THE GROUND. AND OF COURSE PUTTING LOTS OF RESOURCES AT IT FROM THE AIR. WE DID TALK TO A MAN WHO STORES HIS PLANE HERE. HE SAYS THAT THE BACK OF HIS HANGAR DID GET BURNED A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT IS A METAL BUILDING. SO IT STILL STANDING. AND HE SAID HIS AC IS STILL DOING WELL INSIDE OF THERE. BUT AGAIN, THIS IS THE BACK SIDE OF THE AIRPORT IS WHERE CREWS ARE FOCUSING AGAIN HERE. WE DID MAKE IT UP TO A NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT AROUND HERE OFF ONCE AIRPORT ROAD TURNS INTO COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE WE WERE ON DUDE AND DRIVE. THAT IS WHERE MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDERS ARE IN EFFECT AND CREWS THERE DID A GREAT JOB OF PROTECTING HOMES. THERE WAS A LOT OF RETARDANT ON DRIVEWAYS ON CARS, AND THEY MADE SURE TO PROTECT THOSE HOMES. WE DIDN’T SEE ANY DAMAGE THERE WHEN WE WERE THERE. ABOUT AN HOUR AGO. THE TOP OF THE 5:00 HOUR, IF YOU PAN TO THE RIGHT, I WANT TO SHOW YOU FURTHER DOWN THE AIRPORT. SO THAT’S WHERE THE HANGARS ARE. YOU CAN SEE JUST HOW MANY RESOURCES AND HOW MANY FIRE TRUCKS ARE HERE. AND ALL OF THAT SMOKE. THAT’S COMING UP. SO WE HAVE SEEN A FEW OF THOSE TREES THAT BACK UP TO HANGARS, KIND OF JUST IGNITE ON FIRE ALL AT ONCE, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE CREWS ARE HANDLING IT NOW. OF COURSE, THERE IS STILL A LOT OF SMOKE COMING FROM THAT AREA. WE’RE STILL WORKING TO GET TO TO THE BACKSIDE OF THIS FIRE HERE. UM, BUT AGAIN, WE DID SEE FOR IN TERMS OF THE EVACUATION ORDER, NOT TOO MANY PEOPLE ARE STICKING AROUND, WHICH IS GOOD NEWS. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HEEDING THE WARNING AND GETTING OUT OF HERE. THEY’RE NOT TRYING TO SEE JUST HOW CLOSE THIS FIRE DOES GET. AS CREWS WERE PUTTING EVERY RESOURCE THEY HAVE ADDED ANOTHER FIRE DROP GOING HERE AS THESE FLAMES CREEP PRETTY CLOSE UP TO THE PLACERVILLE AIRPORT. A GOOD THING ABOUT AN AIRPORT IS RUNWAY, IS THAT IT MAKES A PRETTY GOOD FIRE BREAK. SO ALL THE VEGETATION BEHIND US HERE SEEMS TO BE IN A GOOD SPOT AS CREWS KEEP THE FIRE ON THAT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND DEAL WITH THE FLAMES OVER THERE. BRITTANY, REALLY GREAT TO SEE THAT CHINOOK COMING THERE IN THE LIVE SHOT, BRINGING THAT WATER AND MAPPING OUT THE AREA OF THE FIRE. PEYTON, WHICH PART OF THE AIRPORT ARE YOU STANDING ON? IS THIS THE AREA THAT’S RIGHT OFF DUTTON ROAD ON THE WEST SIDE, OR ARE YOU NOW ON THE EAST SIDE? UH, THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION. WE ARE JUST OFF OF AIRPORT ROAD NEAR COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE. I’M TRYING TO CHECK MY MAP, ZOOM OUT A LITTLE BIT, SEE EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE. UM, WE ARE SOUTH OF 50 AS THE AIRPORT IS, UM, I I’M NOT SURE EXACTLY THE PINPOINT WHERE WE ARE, BUT TO OUR LEFT HERE, THIS LOOKS LIKE ONE OF THE BUILDINGS WITH THE AIRPORT KIND OF PRIMARILY OPERATES OUT OF. FOR THOSE THAT ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA. BUT WE ARE NEXT TO A LOT OF PLANES THAT ARE STORED, NOT IN HANGARS OVER HERE TOO. GREAT. AND I’M LOOKING AT THE MAP LIVE. I KNOW THAT YOU AND YOUR PHOTOJOURNALIST HAVE BEEN RUNNING AROUND GETTING SO MANY DIFFERENT ANGLES OF THIS FIRE. I BELIEVE YOU’RE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE AIRPORT RIGHT NOW, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHOWING US THAT LIVE. LOOK AT THE ACTIVE FLAME THERE AND THE PROTECTION THAT’S HAPPENING FOR ALL OF THE HANGARS. AND AIRPLANES. INSIDE THOSE AIRPLANES IS A LOT OF FUEL. SO IT’S GOOD TO SEE SO MANY RESOURCES THAT ARE LINED UP THERE PROTECTING ALL OF THAT. AS WELL. WE WANT TO TAKE ANOTHER LIVE LOOK AT THE AREAS THAT ARE UNDER EVACUATION ORDERS RIGHT NOW. THE THE YEAR, THE AREAS YOU SEE IN RED, THE AREAS IN YELLOW ARE STILL UNDER EVACUATION WARNINGS, BUT A WARNING YOU STILL WANT TO BE READY TO GO, GET IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS, WATER, PHONE CHARGERS, ANYTHING YOU NEED YOUR PETS PACKED UP. YOU NEED TO BE READY TO GO IN A MOMENT’S NOTICE. WE’VE SEEN BOTH ZONES EXPANDING TO THE EAST AND RIGHT UP TO HIGHWAY 50. SO IF YOU’RE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 50, MAYBE TOWARDS SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, YOU’RE GOING TO DEFINITELY SEE WHAT’S GOING ON FROM HIGHWAY 50. AND WE DO EXPECT SOME TRAFFIC BACKUPS BECAUSE RIGHT OUT OF PLACERVILLE, THAT’S WHEN HIGHWAY 50 HAS THAT RED LIGHT AND IT GOES DOWN TO JUST A FEW LANES. SO JUST A HEADS UP. IF YOU’RE HEADING EAST TOWARD THE SIERRA NOW, RIGHT NOW, PARTS OF CAMINO HEIGHTS ARE UNDER EVACUATION WARNINGS. RIGHT NOW, THAT IS NEW. SO WE’RE ZOOMING INTO THAT RIGHT NOW ON YOUR SCREEN. THIS IS THE VERY LATEST. AND IS THIS UPDATES WILL CONTINUE TO SHOW THIS TO YOU. NOW A TEMPORARY EVACUATION CENTER HAS BEEN SET UP AT THE PLACERVILLE LIBRARY THAT’S LOCATED AT 330 FAIR LANE IN PLACERVILLE. PEOPLE EVACUATING CAN TAKE THEIR ANIMALS TO THE WEST, SLOP SHELTER IN DIAMOND SPRINGS.

Pay Fire: Evacuations in place due to fast-moving blaze in El Dorado County

Updated: 6:33 PM PDT Jul 6, 2024

A vegetation fire in El Dorado County is moving fast and has prompted evacuations, according to Cal Fire. The fire started southeast of Placerville on Paydirt Drive, the El Dorado County Fire Protection District said. At least 61 acres have burned so far, Cal Fire said. The fire is moving at a dangerous rate of speed.The El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office said evacuation orders are in place from Country Club and Duden drives to the Placerville Airport. There are road closures at Broadway and Airport Road, Cedar Ravine Road and County Club Drive, and Cedar Ravie Road and Paydirt Drive. Access to the airport has been cut off. The Placerville Library is the center for evacuation residents. See evacuation zones here.| MORE | A 2024 guide for how to prepare for wildfires in CaliforniaHere are key websites that are important for all Californians during wildfire season. Cal Fire wildfire incidents: Cal Fire tracks its wildfire incidents here. You can sign up to receive text messages for Cal Fire updates on wildfires happening near your ZIP code here.Wildfires on federal land: Federal wildfire incidents are tracked here.Preparing for power outages: Ready.gov explains how to prepare for a power outage and what to do when returning from one here. Here is how to track and report PG&E power outages.Keeping informed when you’ve lost power and cellphone service: How to find a National Weather Service radio station near you.Be prepared for road closures: Download Caltrans’ QuickMap app or check the latest QuickMap road conditions here.

A vegetation fire in El Dorado County is moving fast and has prompted evacuations, according to Cal Fire.

The fire started southeast of Placerville on Paydirt Drive, the El Dorado County Fire Protection District said.

At least 61 acres have burned so far, Cal Fire said. The fire is moving at a dangerous rate of speed.

The El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office said evacuation orders are in place from Country Club and Duden drives to the Placerville Airport.

There are road closures at Broadway and Airport Road, Cedar Ravine Road and County Club Drive, and Cedar Ravie Road and Paydirt Drive.

Access to the airport has been cut off.

The Placerville Library is the center for evacuation residents. See evacuation zones here.

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