Update: First Norte Fire Evacuation Orders Lifted — San Clemente Zone SCL13 and San Juan Zone SJC10-B Cleared for Return

ORANGE COUNTY — CAL FIRE updated its Norte Fire incident page at midday on October 17: at 12:10 p.m., the San Juan Capistrano evacuation zone SJC10 was split into zones SJC10-A and SJC10-B, and at 12:18 p.m. the evacuation orders for zone SJC10-B and for San Clemente zone SCL13 were lifted, clearing residents of those two zones to return home. It is the first lifting of evacuation orders since the fire ignited on October 16 and roughly 16,000 residents were ordered to leave. CAL FIRE said all other evacuation orders remain in effect, and the areas still under orders remain threatened due to an active fire line, windy conditions, and a heat advisory in effect.

According to the synchronized update on Orange County's official evacuation map, the lifted SJC10-B zone is limited to the Stallion Ridge community, San Juan Hills High School, and the landfill off La Pata; zone SJC10-A remains under an evacuation order, and returning residents were asked to use caution, as emergency personnel may still be operating nearby. The zones still under evacuation orders are SCL12 in San Clemente and SJC04, SJC05 and SJC10-A in San Juan Capistrano. Evacuation shelters remain open at the Boys and Girls Club, 1 Via Positiva, and the San Juan Capistrano Community Center, 25925 Camino del Avion, in San Juan Capistrano, and at the San Clemente Community Center, 100 Calle Seville, in San Clemente.

The fire itself is unchanged: in its 8:07 a.m. update on October 17, CAL FIRE reported the fire at 570 acres with 5% containment, six homes damaged or destroyed, and the cause still under investigation. The fire ignited at 11:33 a.m. on October 16 near Portico Del Norte and Eminencia Del Norte in San Clemente, under the jurisdiction of the Orange County Fire Authority, and grew to 570 acres the same day under Santa Ana winds; California has secured a federal Fire Management Assistance Grant from FEMA for the response. (GSM, based on CAL FIRE incident updates)

Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)

Photo: 图：Norte Fire 态势图，Watch Duty 截图（美西时间10月17日13时50分截取）。图中红色周界为火场范围，标注的570.3英亩为州消防情报（FIRIS）航测数据；最新官方数据以正文为准：加州消防局通报过火面积570英亩、控制率5%。粉红阴影为仍在疏散令下的区域，包括圣胡安卡皮斯特拉诺SJC04、SJC05区与圣克莱门特SCL12区；圣克莱门特SCL13区与圣胡安SJC10-B区已解除疏散令，在图中未着色。图片来源：Watch Duty。 Situation map of the Norte Fire, Watch Duty screenshot taken at 1:50 p.m. PDT on Oct. 17. The red outline is the fire perimeter, and the 570.3-acre label is FIRIS aerial-mapping data; the latest official figures are in the text: 570 acres and 5% containment, per CAL FIRE. The pink shading shows areas still under evacuation orders, including San Juan Capistrano zones SJC04 and SJC05 and San Clemente zone SCL12; San Clemente zone SCL13 and San Juan zone SJC10-B, shown unshaded, have been lifted. Source: Watch Duty.

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