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YUCAIPA (CBSLA) – The risk of flooding and mudslides from a powerful incoming storm Thursday forced officials to issue mandatory evacuations for several communities in the El Dorado Fire burn area in San Bernardino County.
FILE — The El Dorado Fire burns in Yucaipa, Calif., on Sept. 9, 2020. (U.S. Forest Service)
Evacuation orders were issued for Mountain Home Village, northeast Yucaipa and Oak Glen just before 10:30 a.m. Thursday, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department.
The storm is expected to arrive in the Southland Thursday afternoon and continue into Friday.
The National Weather Service has warned that recent wildfire burn areas — such as the Bobcat Fire burn area near Monrovia — are particularly vulnerable and could see dangerous mudslides because of loose and unstable hillsides scorched by the wildfires.
A Red Cross evacuation center is being set up at Redlands East Valley High School. For more information people can call 211 or 909-355-8800.
The El Dorado Fire broke out Sept. 5 at El Dorado Ranch Park in the 37000 block of Oak Glen Road in Yucaipa. It was started by a smoke-generating pyrotechnic device during a gender reveal party.
It burned more than 22,680 acres, destroyed at least four homes and forced thousands of people to flee.
An #EvacuationOrder issued for Mountain Home Village, northeast Yucaipa and Oak Glen. There’s a possibility of flooding & debris flow from expected rainfall. These areas are of concern due to the El Dorado Fire burn scar. Evacuation map ℹ️ https://t.co/tWUqBmbxXt pic.twitter.com/UqSQARdKq2
— Yucaipa Police (@YucaipaPD) January 28, 2021
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