BOULDER CREEK (CBS SF) — Thousands of residents clogged the roadways heading out of Boulder Creek late Tuesday night and overnight, forced from their homes by an advancing wildfire, one five large blazes raging out of control in San Mateo and Santa Cruz counties.
Cal Fire, Santa Cruz County, Boulder Creek and fire crews from neighboring communities roared through the downtown streets, heading to do battle with the wall of flames.
The group of 22 fires in Santa Cruz and San Mateo counties is being called the CZU August Lightning Complex (map). Officials said lightning was believed to be the cause of the fires, which broke out around 3 a.m. Sunday and have burned some 7,500 acres, with no containment as of Tuesday night.
“Last night saw a major increase in fire activity,” Cal Fire Capt. Jonathan Cox, head of the San Mateo-Santa Cruz division, said at a Wednesday morning briefing. “We saw several of the fires merge together. It’s 10,000 acres and we have been conducting significant evacuations.”
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Cox said 22,000 people have been moved out of their 6,000 mountain homes stretching from Pescadaro to Boulder Creek. Officials said some homes have burned.
“The fire itself is heading in a southeasterly direction,” he said. “It’s headed from San Mateo County line into Santa Cruz County…This is a very serious timber fire burning in two counties. This is a very serious threat to public safety.”
No structures have burned, but about 1,200 are threatened. Two firefighters have been injured.
Very impressive radar signature emanating from extremely dangerous #CZULightningComplex fire front in Santa Cruz Mountains. Several fires appear to have merged & are exhibiting extreme behavior as they spread rapidly south and eastward in vicinity of Boulder Creek. #CAwx #CAfire pic.twitter.com/edeNHoM5Oz
— Daniel Swain (@Weather_West) August 19, 2020
The current large fires are:
San Mateo County
5-14 Fire – 3,000 acres, 0% contained, Olmo Truck Trail & Butano Fire Road
5-15 Fire – 3,000 acres, 0% contained, N. Butano Truck Trail & Dearborn Park Road
5-18 Fire – 3,000 acres, 0% contained, N. Butano Truck Trail & China Grade Road
Santa Cruz County
Warrenella – 120 acres, 5% contained, Cement Plant Rd. & Highway 1
Waddell – 500 acres, 0% contained, Old Coast Road & Highway 1
Mandatory evacuation orders:
Santa Cruz County
- Bonny Doon south of Ice Cream Grade, to include Pine Flat Road South
- All of Boulder Creek Fire Protection District
- Everyone on Empire Grade Road, from Felton Empire north, all of Pine Flat Road, all of Ice Cream Grade, Bonny Doon Road, in between Pine Flat Road, Martin Road, and all associated side streets.
- Waterman Gap Loop, Upper 236, Boulder Creek Golf Course, Heartwood Hill, Lodge Road, Community of Little Basin, Lower China Grade, Upper China Grade, Community of Kings Hwy, Lower Jamison Creek, Gallion Heights, Fallen Leaf Neighborhood, Foxglove Lane (Zones CRZ10, CRZ13, BOU36, BOU20, BOU30, BOU31, BOU36, BOU37, BOU21)
San Mateo County
- Anyone in the areas of South Skyline Boulevard near Highway 9
- Russian Ridge Open Space Reserve
- Middleton Tract area
- Portola Redwoods State Park and the Portola Heights.
- Loma Mar and Dearborn Park areas
- Pescadero Creek County Park area
- Butano area.
An evacuation center has been established at Pescadero High School, at 360 Butano Cutoff in the unincorporated community of Pescadero.
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