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Update: Court Fire Forward Progress Stopped And Evacuation Orders Downgraded

Update at 4:10 p.m.: All evacuation orders connected to the Court Fire have been downgraded to warnings.

Update at 3:57 p.m.: Below is the list of updated mandatory evacuations due to the Court Fire.

– Tuolumne County Superior Court
– Camp Justice
– Juvenile Hall
– Justice Center Drive
– Sanguinetti Loop
WestAmerica Bank/UPS
Safeway
– Businesses between Sanguinetti Loop, Mono Way, to the Junction Shopping Center
– Junction Shopping Center
– Sonora Ford/Sonora Subaru
– The Peppery
– Area along Mono Way between Sanguinetti and Tuolumne

 

Update at 3:53 p.m.: The forward progress of the fire has been stopped.

Update at 3:44 p.m.: Highway 108 and Lower Mono Road are reopened with slow traffic and gridlock in the areas impacted by the Court Fire.

Update at 3:35 p.m.: The fire is now estimated to be 10-15 acres in size, with good progress being made by responding resources.

Update at 3:21 p.m.: The following are under Mandatory Evacuation orders.

– Tuolumne County Superior Court
– Camp Justice
– Justice Center Drive
– Sanguinetti Loop
– Businesses between Sanguinetti Loop, Mono Way, to the Junction Shopping Center
Highway 108 at Mono is closed, and Mono Way is closed between Sanguinetti and Tuolumne

Original post at 3:09 p.m.:Sonora, CA– Firefighters are on the scene of a new vegetation fire that is located Near Highway 108 and Old Wards Ferry Road in Sonora. The fire is reportedly 5 acres in size and burning at a moderate rate of spread. Multiple residential and commercial structures are threatened. Additional air resources are headed to the scene. CHP is requesting that Highway 108 be closed at Mono/108 and Washington. The Tuolumne County Superior Court and Camp Justice are under mandatory evacuation orders.