Fire prompts evacuation orders for Mariposa and Tuolumne counties

MARIPOSA COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – – Evacuations are successful spot aft a occurrence erupted connected the borderline of Mariposa and Tuolumne counties connected Tuesday afternoon.

According to the Mariposa County Sheriff’s Office, mandatory evacuation orders are successful spot for:

• Piney Creek Rd
• Arbolada Rd

Evacuation advisories are successful spot for:

• North Side of Hwy 132 from Merced Falls to Jones Rd
• South Side of Hwy 132 from Jones Rd to Horseshoe Bend Including Horseshoe Bend Rec area

Per deputies, a impermanent evacuation constituent astatine the Coulterville VFW Hall connected 5019 Main St. volition unfastened astatine 3:30 p.m. A unrecorded interactive representation of evacuation zones tin beryllium recovered online by visiting Mariposa's Public Information Map.

The fire, which started successful the assemblage of Lake Don Pedro, has been coined the Pedro Fire. CalFire has mapped the Pedro Fire astatine 379.2 acres. The occurrence is 0% contained.