As Thomas Fire Heads West More Evacuations Ordered

OMINOUSLY ATOP THE RIDGELINE.
DESMOND SHAW, BACK TO YOU TWO
IN THE STUDIO.
PETER: THANKS, DESMOND.
WE HEARD AT LEAST 5,000 PEOPLE
ARE UNDER THE MANDATORY
EVACUATION ORDERS IN SANTA
BARBARA TONIGHT.
DEPUTIES WENT DOOR-TO-DOOR IN
THE SHEPARD, STANLEY PARK AREA
URGING PEOPLE TO LEAVE THEIR
OWN SAFETY.
EVACUATION ORDERS WERE ISSUED
FOR TORO CANYON AND NORTH OF
192 TO CAMINOCIELO.
ANDREA: THE THOMAS FIRE IS
HEADED WESTERLY.
PETER: CRISTY FAJARDO IS LIVE
WHERE FLAMES CAN BE SEEN ON A
HILLSIDE.
REPORTER: THEY CERTAINLY CAN.
A MENTIONED WE ARE AT
CARPINTERIA HIGH SCHOOL NORTH
OF THE 192.
IN OTHER WORDS, WE ARE IN THE
MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDER AREA
AND HERE'S WHY.
LOOK BEHIND ME, THAT WHOLE
HILLSIDE OVER THERE, THAT WHOLE
RIDGE IS
MENTIONED, RIGHT NOW THE THOMAS
FIRE IS ACTUALLY MOVING
WESTWARD.
IN OTHER WORDS, IN OUR
DIRECTION WHICH.
IS WHY THERE ARE FIRE ENGINES
STATIONED THROUGHOUT THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
I CAN SEE A FIRE TRUCK ACROSS
THE STREET, MONITORING THE HIGH
SCHOOL AND ALSO THAT RIDGE AS
WELL AS WHAT YOU SEE RIGHT
THERE.
THAT IS A POWER SUBSTATION.
THAT IS KEEPING THE LIGHTS ON
HERE TONIGHT.
WE WANT TO SHOW YOU THIS VIDEO.
WE DROVE ALONG THE 101 AND
PRETTY MUCH ALL THE MOUNTAIN
RIDGES ARE GLOWING TONIGHT.
THAT'S WHY THE SANTA BARBARA
COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS
TELLING PEOPLE IN THE MANDATORY
EVACUATION ZONE TO STAY OUT.
AND EVERYONE JUST SOUTH OF THE
192 TO BE READY TO LEAVE AT A
MOMENT'S NOTICE.
THIS HAD BEEN A DEVASTATING
FIRE DESTROYING ALMOST 800
STRUCTURES, MOSTLY IN VENTURA.
AND FIREFIGHTERS WANT TO KEEP
THOSE NUMBERS FROM GROWING.
BUT ADMIT IT WON'T BE EASY.
THE FIRE IS NOW BURNING INTO
THE SANTA YNEZ RANGE AND WINDS
ARE COMING FROM THE OCEAN AND
THERE ARE HOT WINDS FROM THE
OTHER SIDE, MAKING FOR VERY
DANGEROUS CONDITIONS, AND WHAT
HAPPENED SINCE JUST LAST NIGHT
UNDERSCORES THE DANGER.
THE FIRE BALLOONED 50,000 ACRES
TO 230,000 ACRES BLACKENED MAKE
TOGETHER FIFTH LARGEST FIRE IN
MODERN STATE HISTORY.
AND WITNESSES COULDN'T BELIEVE
HOW FAST IT GREW.
VERY, VERY SCARY.
VERY INTIMIDATING.
HUGE FLAMES AND MOVED REALLY
FAST.
THERE WAS A LITTLE WIND BUT NOT
A TON.
REPORTER: AND FIREFIGHTERS
WARNED THAT THE FIRE IS MOVING
WESTWARD.
WE HAVE WITNESSED IT STANDING
HERE WATCHING IT COME OVER THE
RIDGE, AND AGAIN, IT IS MOVING
IN OUR DIRECTION BUT VERY
SLOWLY.
THAT IS THE GOOD NEWS.
WE'RE NOT SEEING WINDS NOW,
BUT, OF COURSE, FIREFIGHTERS
SAY THIS FIRE COULD LAST FOR
SEVERAL MORE DAYS.
RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE 6,000
FIREFIGHTERS WORKING THIS FIRE,
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As Thomas Fire Heads West More Evacuations Ordered

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