El Dorado County fire prompts evacuations near Georgetown
Submitted by paula on Tue, 09/04/2018 - 6:58pm
8:00 p.m. update: The Sliger Fire is now 75 acres with 20 percent containment. There are no new evacuations at this time.
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Over 200 homes have been evacuated this evening after a fire broke out at Sliger Mine Road and Hida Way, northwest of Georgetown.
The fire, called the Sliger Fire, broke out at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, September 4 and is burning at a moderate rate of spread in timber south of the middle fork of the American River near the Placer County-El Dorado County border. Full air and ground resource response fighting this fire.
As of 6:26 p.m. Tuesday, the fire has burned 50 acres and there is no containment.
All evacuations at this point have been mandatory. No voluntary evacuations at this point according to the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office. Code red notification has also been sent out to impacted homes.
Anyone evacuating animals that need a place to take them, please go to the El Dorado County Animal Shelter, 6435 Capitol Ave, Diamond Springs.
An evacuation center will be located at Northside School,860 Cave Valley Road, Cool.
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