Vallecito, CA…The latest from the Calaveras Sheriff’s Office…Mark Twain Elementary School is an evacuation center. 5:30pm Incident Alert and Evacuation Orders. A wildland fire started around 3:30 pm in the Stanislaus River Canyon near the Parrots Ferry Bridge in Calaveras County. The fire is currently approximately 750 acres.
The following areas are under immediate evacuation orders: Vallecito: All of Parrots Ferry Road from the Tuolumne/Calaveras County line at Parrots Ferry Bridge to Highway 4 including Moaning Cavern and Camp Nine Road areas as well as East of Red Hill Road to Parrots Ferry Road. The towns of Douglas Flat and Murphys are on Evacuation Warning only at this time. An evacuation center is being set up at Mark Twain Elementary school in Angels Camp.