The Cachuma side of Whittier Fire is now under a mandatory evacuation order. With the fire due to become more frisky, residents of Paradise Road from State Route 154 to the first river crossing should leave immediately. This adds to the order earlier this afternoon from the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office that areas between Winchester Canyon Road and El Capitan Ranch Road — between Calle Real and West Camino Cielo — evacuate. (The order excludes the neighborhoods of Wagon Wheel, Winchester Commons, and Langlo Ranch Road.)
This morning's evacuation order for areas close to Goleta continues to include Farren Road and Las Varas Canyon Road.
Up at the Cavaletto Ranch, a firebreak was completed earlier in the day to help protect the orchards and homes south of there. Several of the ranches in the area have dozered firebreaks, as has one of the ranch-hands up at the Gun Club to help protect the Kinevan area.