"Ready" advisories for Sunset Fire lifted; evacuation orders remain in effect
HAILEY HILL | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 4 months, 1 week AGO
On this map from IDL: wildfire perimeter is indicated by solid red, red striped area indicates forest closure area. GO evacuation areas are shaded in lighter red, SET indicated by yellow shaded area.
ATHOL — Evacuations orders related to the Sunset Fire remain in effect Tuesday morning.
READY advisories for the community of Bayview have been removed, according to the latest update from the Idaho Department of Lands.
GO status, meaning residents should leave immediately: All residents on Raven Road, Crosswhite Road, Little Blacktail Road, and east of 2268 Sunset Road. USFS 630 off Blacktail Road (north of Blacktail), Butler Creek and Butler Creek Spur, from Mirror Lake, diagonal down to USFS 630, including Five Lakes Estates, Jupline Landing, the entire Ponderosa neighborhood and everything on Talache Rd. and all side streets feeding to Talache Rd.
SET notices are in effect for homes on Blacktail Road ¼ mile north of Little Blacktail and everything north of Talache Road in Sagle. Residents should be prepared to leave at a moment’s notice.
There are no active READY advisories in effect, per the latest IDL update.
The Sunset Fire currently sits at 3,208 acres and is 0% contained.
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