THE CREEK FIRE PROMPTING
SEVERAL EVACUATIONS, INCLUDING
MANY VISITING FROM OUT OF TOWN
FOR LABOR DAY WEEKEND.
KSEE24'S ANGELICA LEI LANI HAS
MORE.
A THICK CLOUD OF SMOKE
BILLOWING IN THE AIR... AS
DOZENS OF CARS MADE THEIR WAY
DOWN THE MOUNTAIN(ON SATURDAY
FROM THE HUNTINGTON LAKE
AREA... FIRE CREWS RACING UP
THE HILLSIDE TO BATTLE THE
FLAMES. THOUSANDS OF ACRES
BURNING...PROMPTI NG
EVACUATION ORDERS AND WARNINGS
FOR THOSE NEARBY... IMPACTING
SEVERAL VISITORS LOOKING
FORWARD TO THIS LABOR DAY
WEEKEND ON THE WATER. SOT/
FRED DELOSANTOS/ visiting from
oceanside, Ca "we weren't
really expecting it, last
night my wife was driving up
the hill and we noticed all
the orange in the sky from the
fire so when we woke up we
were like oh maybe we're not
going to get to the lake
today" FRED DELOSANTOS IS NOT
ALONE... ALEXIA GUEVARA AND
HER FAMILY JUST SET UP CAMP
LAST NIGHT... AFTER DRIVING
FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. SOT/
alexia guevara/ visiting from
San Fernando Valley "for it to
happen right now, it's like
man we just got here," NOW
THEY'RE HAVING TO FIGURE OUT
NEW PLANS. SOT "this is 2020
in a nutshell," RAYNETTE=WRIGHT OWNER OF THE SHAVER
LAKE PUB N GRUB FOR THE LAST
FIVE YEARS, AGREES. SHE SAYS
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN
THREE YEARS THEY'VE HAD ANY
CONCERNS OF A FIRE BEING SO
CLOSE. SOT/ raynette wright/
owner/ shaver lake Pub N Grub
"the other one they,were able
to put out vesy very quickly so
this one is çignificant in its
size and it's velocity,"
WRIGHT'S RESTUARANT, LIKE MANY
OTHER SMALO BUSINESSES HAS
BEEN HIT HARD BY THE
PANDEMIC... AND SHE WAS
LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS LABOR
DAY WEEKEND... WRIGHT'S AFRAID
THIS COULD BE THE LAST STRAW
IF THE FIRE JUMPS HIGHWAY 168
AND HEADS FOR THE SHAVER. SOT
"I hope it's here tomorrow; I
hope it's not an extension of
a horrible 2020," ANGEOICA LEI
LANI KSEE24 LOCAL NEWS THAT
MATTERS.
ANOTHER WILDFIRE FORCINGMEVACUATIONS IN PARTS OF TULARE
COUNTY... TLE S-Q-F COMVLEX -
WHICH INCLUDES THE CASTLE AND
SHOTGUN FIRES - HAS BURNED
