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Mandatory, Voluntary Evacuation Orders Added To Fillmore Thursday Night For Thomas Brushfire

(Photo courtesy NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik)
View of Thomas fire from International Space Station

Some new evacuation orders are in place Thursday night for part of the Fillmore area as a result of potential growth of the Thomas brushfire. Mandatory evacuations have been added for the area encompassed by Hall Road on the west, Sespe Creek on the east, Highway 126 on the south, and Las Padres National Forest on the north. Voluntary evacuations are in place for the area covering Sespe on the west, The City of Fillmore on the south, Burson Ranch on the east, and the Las Padres National Forest to the north.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.