Firefighters have now contained 91 percent of the CZU August Lightning Complex Fire burning in Santa Cruz and San Mateo counties. Although many people have been able to return home, some have no home to return to, and evacuation orders and warnings are still in place for some areas. Evacuation orders are still in effect in:
EVACUATION ORDERS FOR SAN MATEO COUNTY:
Butano Community area (Zone: SMC-E098B)
Butano State Park including Barranca Knolls Community (Zone: SMC-E019)
Western areas of San Mateo County (SMC-E38C)
EVACUATION ORDERS FOR SANTA CRUZ COUNTY:
Chalk Mountain (Zone: CRZ-E001)
Waddel Creek, Swanton, Last Chance Road, Molina Creek (Zones: CRZ-E002B, CRZ-E003B, CRZ-E010C)
There are no shelters that remain open in san mateo county, and only the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds in Watsonville is still open for evacuees from santa cruz county. A resource center has been established in the Kaiser Permanente Arena in Santa Cruz, at 140 Front Street.
There are still road closures in both San Mateo and Santa Cruz counties. In San Mateo county they are:
Canyon Road at Cloverdale Road
Gazos Creek at Cloverdale Road
and in Santa Cruz county they are:
Swanton Road entirely at State Route 1, includes Last Chance Road
Upper SR-236 at Waterman Gap Loop
Lower State Route 236 at Midway Ranch Road
China Grade Road at Mile Post Marker 1.71
San Mateo County Fire Recovery: https://www.smcgov.org/smc-wildfire-recovery
Santa Cruz County Fire Recovery: https://www.co.santa-cruz.ca.us/FireRecovery.aspx
