Level 3 Issued
Incident: Table Mountain Wildfire
Released: 9/19/2012
Kittitas County Sheriff
Public Service Announcement
Table Mountain Fire - Evacuation Level Upgraded
Kittitas County, WA -09/19/2012 - The Kittitas County Emergency Operations Center has upgraded the following areas to Evacuation Level 3 effective 2pm today.
The area encompassing Elk Springs Road and Upper Green Canyon Road east to Wilson Creek Road and above the northern-most set of power lines.
Under a level 3 evacuation notice, residents are advised that current conditions present specific and immediate threat(s) to the life and safety of persons within this area. Residents are advised to evacuate immediately.
A Red Cross emergency shelter is set up at the Mercer Creek Church at1407 N. B Street, Ellensburg.
An emergency livestock shelter is set up at the Kittitas County Event Center-Fairgrounds.
Residents affected by the fire can contact the Kittitas County EmergencyOperations Center at 509-933-8305 for additional evacuation information, or can view the interactive map on the County wesbite,http://www.co.kittitas.wa.us/, under the Table Mountain Fire response page.
Kittitas County, from the Cascades to the Columbia, and online athttp://www.co.kittitas.wa.us
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For more information (press only): Undersheriff Clay Myers 509-962-7525 or 509-925-8534
