Evacuations Lifted: North of Oakmont

October 19, 2017: 5:45 PM

Link to Nixle Alert

The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office is lifting all evacuation orders in the following areas.  If you live in these areas, you can return home now.  There will be more law enforcement personnel in your neighborhood to keep you safe.  You do not need to check in with anyone and you do not need a law enforcement escort.  If you are coming from the south, you’ll need to access your neighborhood via the Highway 101 corridor because Highway 12 is still closed near Glen Ellen.

North of Oakmont: This includes everything east of Melita Road to Hoff Road in Kenwood and everything north of Highway 12 to the burn area, as listed in the road closures below.

The following road closure is still in effect:

• Pythian Road at Circle Ranch Road.  Winery service area.

The following roads are now open:

• Los Alamos Road at Scotland Drive
• Melita Road at Kertsinger Road
• Melita Road at Highway 12
• Highway 12 at Pythian Road
• Highway 12 at Shady Acres Lane
• Highway 12 at Campagna

To see if your address is evacuated, use the online, up-to-date evacuation map for Sonoma County available at https://tinyurl.com/centrallnuevacs.

For additional information, call the Sonoma County Emergency Operations Center at: (707) 565-3856.

For additional information, specific to the City of Santa Rosa, visit: www.srcity.org.

Some areas are without power.  If your home does not have electricity, PG&E anticipates restoring service to essentially all electric customers by late Monday.  If your home does not have gas service, please visit www.pge.com and click on “wildfire response” for a gas relight schedule or call 1-800-743-5000.

Conditions are subject to change at a moment’s notice. Please continue to adhere to road closures and any evacuation warnings. If you see electrical wires on the ground, stay clear and contact PG&E immediately. Trees and poles with deep charring, particularly if still smoking, should be considered hazardous. Please drive slowly and yield to emergency personnel in the area. If at any time you feel unsafe, please call 911. There will still be smoke in the respective areas as firefighters continue firefighting operations. We encourage the public to remain prepared for wildfires by visiting www.readyforwildfire.org.

All other mandatory evacuation areas are still closed.  We will send an alert for each area as it re-opens.

M. Harris / G. Stashyn