Coffee Pot evacuation order issued as wildfire grows to over 4,000 acres

TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - An evacuation bid has been issued for communities successful Tulare County threatened by the Coffee Pot Fire, presently burning wrong Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park.

As of Wednesday morning, the occurrence has burned implicit 4,550 acres and is 0% contained. It officially began connected Aug. 3.

The evacuation bid issued by Sheriff Mike Boudreaux is for the country northbound of South Fork Drive, eastbound of Skyline Drive, southbound of Skyline Drive and westbound of the National Park Boundary.

The yellowish country to the close of the representation beneath shows the determination of the Coffee Pot Fire. The reddish country successful the halfway shows the country impacted by the evacuation order; the lighter yellowish country to the near is nether an evacuation warning.

A representation showing the evacuation bid location, and the determination of adjacent evacuation warnings can beryllium recovered here.