Tuesday, August 24, 2010

[californiadisasters] Fire in Lebec at O'Neill Canyon (Updated 4 & 4:20PM)



UPDATE (Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010, 4:20 p.m.)— "Be prepared," is the message being dispatched from Sgt. Mark Brown of the Kern County Sheriff's Office to Frazier Park residents. He told The Mountain Enterprise just now that they will be making an announcement shortly that residents of Frazier Park will be hearing loudspeakers in their streets advising them to put things in order in case an evacuation order is issued. There is no evacuation recommendation at this time, but getting prepared is advisable, he said.

UPDATE (Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010, 4 p.m.)—Evacuation of animals is now being addressed by the Mountain Communities SPCA and Guy Shaw from Kern County Animal Control. Gita Nelson and Dawn Beban from the SPCA said they will help with those seeking to evacuate dogs and cats.  Kern County Animal Control's Shaw says they are dispatching animal carrier crates to the Frazier Mountain High School for use in evacuating animals. Of specific concern are about 100 cats at the Cause 4 Cats shelter in Lebec. At this time Lolette Robrahn has not yet agreed to evacuate them.  The Tejon Ranch equestrian center has said that they will provide shelter to evacuated horses.

Kern County Fire Department's Seam Collins, from the command center at Lebec Road and Lebec Oaks (at the Mobli tanks), said that flames wil be visible from Frazier Park, "and it will be even more visible tonight," but that he still feels the fire will not make it over the ridges to that town.

California Highway Patrol and Kern County Sheriffs are restricting entry to the Lebec area. Residents are asked to stay away. The SPCA representative said they have enough volunteers at this time.

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