(00:27) MONTEREY COUNTY – ALONG WITH THE 2 HUGE FIRES IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, 2 FIRES ARE BURNING IN MONTEREY COUNTY. THE TASSAJARA FIRE, BURNING 2-AND-A-HALF MILES NORTH OF JAMESBURG, BEGAN AROUND 3 P-M SATURDAY AFTERNOON, AND BY THE 11:15 P.M. UPDATE HAD BURNED 1200 ACRES AND WAS ONLY 10% CONTAINED……AND THE LAURELES FIRE (BURNING OFF OF LAURELES GRADE ROAD AND HIGHWAY 68) WAS REPORTED AT 3:25 P-M SATURDAY AFTERNOON. .. IT HAD BURNED 95 ACRES AND WAS 60% CONTAINED. THERE IS A MANDATORY EVACUATION AREA CONNECTED WITH THE TASSAJARA FIRE….. IT RUNS FROM THE INTERSECTION OF TASSAJARA AND CARMEL VALLEY ROADS, TO THE INTERSECTION OF TASSAJARA AND CACHAGUA ROADS. PEOPLE WHO NEED SHELTER CAN GO TO CARMEL MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND ANIMALS CAN BE TAKEN TO OXTON KENNELS ON RIVER ROAD IN SALINAS.
