Good News: Trinity County Sheriff’s Office Drops Wildwood From an Evacuation Order to an Evacuation Warning

Facebook post from the Trinity County Sheriff’s Office:

Per the Trinity County Sheriff’s Office, and the Trinity County Office of Emergency Services, as of Monday, August 9 at 6:00 am, the community of Wildwood was moved from an Evacuation Order to an Evacuation Warning.

Area residents while returning to the area, use caution as emergency vehicles may be on the roadways.

Informational press release from the Trinity County Sheriff’s Office:

EVACUATION ORDER: Immediate threat to life. This is a lawful order to leave now. The area is lawfully closed to public access.
EVACUATION WARNING: Potential threat to life and/or property. Those who require additional time to evacuate, and those with pets and livestock should leave now.
SHELTER IN PLACE: Go indoors. Shut and lock doors and windows. Prepare to self-sustain until further notice and/or contacted by emergency personnel for additional direction.
EVACUATION ORDER(S) LIFTED: The formal announcement of lifting evacuations in an area currently under evacuation.
HARD CLOSURE: Closed to all traffic except Fire and Law Enforcement.
SOFT CLOSURE: Closed to all traffic except Fire, Law Enforcement, and critical Incident resources (i.e. Utility, Caltrans, City/County roads etc. or those needed to repair or restore infrastructure).
RESIDENT ONLY CLOSURE: Soft closure with the additional allowance of residents and local government agencies assisting with response and recovery.

Earlier Chapters:

• 40 to 50 Acre Wildfire South of Hwy 36 in Trinity County
• Yesterday, Wind, Rain, and Hail Didn’t Stop Three Fires in Trinity County
• Evacuation Warning Issued by Trinity County Sheriff’s Office for McFarland Fire
• Evacuation Warning Still in Effect on McFarland Fire Near Hwy 36
• Evacuation Orders Issued for Wildwood in Trinity County; Hwy 36 Being Closed
• Evacuation Warning for Post Mountain and Trinity Pines
• McFarland Fire Spreads to Nearly 16,000 Acres
• Shasta County Sheriff Issues Evacuation Warnings for Residents Along Hwy 36 in Western Shasta Because of McFarland Fire
• McFarland Fire Tops 20,000 Acres, Only 5% Contained as Flames Close in on Hwy 36, But Firefighters Hold the Line There
• Firefighters Face Red Flag Conditions on the McFarland Fire Which Grew to Over 23,000 Acres and Is Only 7% Contained
• Evacuation Warning Issued for Residents East of the McFarland Fire in the Platina Area
• McFarland Fire Grows Over 3000 Acres, Still Only 7% Contained
• Firefighters Injured on the McFarland Fire Yesterday
• Mcfarland and Monument Wildfires Prompt Forest Closures (Maps)
• McFarland Fire Now Over 30,000 Acres
• McFarland Fire Grows to 31,185 Acres and 21% Containment
• Firefighters Upped Containment Today on the McFarland Fire