AT ITS NORTH END, THE 33,000 ACRE CHIMNEY FIRE (WHICH IS 35% CONTAINED) IS BURNING ABOUT 5 MILES FROM LAKE SAN ANTONIO, AND ON ITS SOUTH END ITS BURNING WITHIN ABOUT A MILE OF HEARST CASTLE. LAST NIGHT RESIDENTS NEAR LAKE NACIMIENTO WERE ORDERED TO EVACUATE, AND THIS AFTERNOON ALL OF THE RESIDENTS OF CHRISTMAS COVE, OAK SHORES, NORTH SHORE BOAT AND SKI, LAGUNA VISTA, SAPAQUA VALLEY, BRYSON-HESPERIA, AND THE SOUTH SHORE OF LAKE SAN ANTONIO WERE ORDERED TO EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY , IF THEY HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO. EVACUATION CENTERS HAVE BEEN SET UP IN LOCKWOOD AND PASO ROBLES. EVACUATION ORDERS ARE STILL IN-PLACE FOR BEE ROCK, CAL-SHASTA, AND RANCHO DEL LAGO AND SOUTH SHORE VILLAGE. ALTHOUGH HEARST CASTLE HAS NOT BEEN EVACUATED, IT IS CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC, AND THERE IS ALSO SOME CONCERN THAT THE SMOKE FROM THE FIRE COULD DAMAGE SOME OF THE ARTWORK THERE, EVEN IF THE WILDFIRE DOES NOT DAMAGE THE BUILDINGS ON THE HEARST CASTLE PROPERTY.
