Voluntary evacuation orders lifted in Cranston Fire burn areas
Voluntary evacuation orders were issued for residents living in the Cranston Fire burn area. Shortly after 7:10 the orders were lifted.
{“url”:”https://twitter.com/RivCoReady/status/1046945664666619905″,”author_name”:”RivCoReady”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/RivCoReady”,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;&#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/CranstonFloodWatch?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;#CranstonFloodWatch&#lt;/a&#gt; – All evacuation warnings for the Cranston burn area have been LIFTED. Be cautious on your way home and thank you for staying safe.&#lt;/p&#gt;— RivCoReady (@RivCoReady) &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/RivCoReady/status/1046945664666619905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;October 2, 2018&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/blockquote&#gt;n&#lt;script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″&#gt;&#lt;/script&#gt;n”,”width”:550,”height”:null,”type”:”rich”,”cache_age”:”3153600000″,”provider_name”:”Twitter”,”provider_url”:”https://twitter.com”,”version”:”1.0″}
Before those orders were lifted, many residents in the area were prepping for the storm, some even evacuating.
“Word of mouth from the neighbors, they’re already gone so we packed up also,” said Mary Ann Steele, a Hemet Resident.
The California Highway Patrol and Riverside County Sheriff’s Department told KESQ & CBS Local 2 they had been preparing for this for weeks. Authorities had told people in “high-risk” areas to leave before the rain starts, the roads close and it’s too late to get out.
The Idyllwild Fire Department warned residents that highway 74 might close until after the storm due to the threat of flooding and mudslides.
“The Cranston burn scar had a lot of severe burn. When that happens the water flows over the surface and takes everything with it as it goes,” said Chief Patrick Reitz of the Idyllwild Fire Department.
Authorities said they were knocking on doors to warn people, but the best way for them to communicate about storm warnings is through RivCoAlerts, a system that sends out the latest safety information straight to your cell phone. Click here to receive those alerts.
