Cat Haven back open after threat from Fresno June Lightning Complex Fire

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - After 72 hours without power, and preparing for a imaginable evacuation connected Wednesday owed to the Fresno June Lightning Complex Fire, connected Thursday Project Survival's Cat Haven announced their doors were unfastened backmost again.

On Wednesday, unit astatine Project Survival's Cat Haven shared successful a social media post the large cats shelter's proximity to the fire. They revealed that the structure did not person energy and compartment service.

After getting acceptable for a possible evacuation, connected Thursday unit astatine the structure said their powerfulness was restored, but their phones were constricted to net calls lone owed to the Verizon towers being down.

On Thursday, unit astatine the structure announced their determination to unfastened their doors again aft the 72-hour powerfulness outage. They besides accidental their upland lion, Birdie, who was antecedently transported to a veterinarian done backmost roads due to the fact that the lion was feeling ill, was successful a unchangeable condition.

On Friday, officials with the structure thanked authorities officials aft the reopening of Highway 180.

Cat Haven is open! Thank you to the occurrence fighters, sheriffs, Department of Emergency Services and galore more. Thanks to Nathan Magsig too. Their occupation continues until the Lightening Complex occurrence is extinguished and present a bigger combat with the Basin fire. Basin occurrence is northbound of america by astir 15 miles and is growing. It is increasing distant from america toward Dinkey Creek. Keep these archetypal responders successful your prayers arsenic they conflict for each of us.

Due to the powerfulness outages, however, unit astatine Project Survival's Cat Haven accidental they mislaid astir of the nutrient for their cats. Those who would similar to enactment the structure are encouraged to sojourn their social media page to larn how.