Fueled by 40-mph sundowner gusts, the Alisal fire escaped containment Tuesday. Strengthening winds promised even more firefighting challenges.
When you’re ordered to evacuate, you need to go as quickly as possible. Here are the essentials experts say to pack.At an evacuation center at Dos Pueblos High School, Stefanie Alboff and wife Stacey Meredith sat with their 5-year-old son, Nash, unsure what to do.
The trailer holds everything they brought with them on their trip from the Sacramento area, they said, including their wedding rings. “It’s like LAX,” the 66-year-old joked, as one chopper after another lined up to dip into his reservoir and pull water for their hoses. From his vantage point, he could see both the Alisal fire and his family’s home, built in 1902 by his great-grandparents.
The winds, paired with heavy smoke, prompted an air-quality watch in Santa Barbara County, with officials warning that gusts could stir up dust and ash.
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