Some residents of the city of Vacaville, California, were asked this morning to evacuate their homes because of a wildfire in the area.
The Vacaville Fire Protection District tweeted that evacuations are underway for “everything from Pleasants Valley Rd and connecting streets / roads.”
“There are several locations where people are trying to get out and we are working our way to them,” the Solano County Sheriff’s Dispatch told CNN.
Here is the latest from the Solano County Office of Emergency Services:
“An EVACUATION ORDER has been issued to all residents south of Gates Canyon Road to Hwy 80 and Pleasants Valley Road west to Blue Ridge Road. An evacuation board means there is immediate threat to life. This is a legal order to leave now. The area is legally closed to public access. An EVACUATION ORDER has been issued to all residents north of Gates Canyon Road to Quail Canyon Road and Pleasants Valley Road to Blue Ridge Road due to wildfire. An evacuation arrangement means that there is an immediate threat to life … “
The wildfire affecting the province is called the LNU Lightning Complex Fire, the Solano County Office of Emergency Services said in a Facebook post. It’s one of dozens of fires burning in California.
Vacaville is located in Solano County, Northern California. The city has a population of about 100,000 people and is located between San Francisco and Sacramento.
CNN is on the ground in Vacaville:
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