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Genasys Inc., which oversees the alerts, said safeguards have been put in place in order to prevent the error from occurring in the future.
The Jenkins Creek Fire is at 6,800 acres, and is threatening a more populated area. Sheriff Ramsay said the Skibo area will be under evacuation, as there is concern about that fire growing. The Three Lakes Fire is at 1,300 acres, but the evacuation orders have been lifted.
The Israeli military issued an evacuation warning for three ports in Yemen on Sunday night after vowing to “defend itself by itself” following a ceasefire deal between the US and the Houthis that excluded Israel.
From 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on May 28, Carson City responders, supported by the Nevada Department of Transportation and Nevada State Police will perform a full-scale evacuation exercise in coordination with residents in the Lakeview area.
All evacuees from the Greer Fire may go to the Round Valley High School Dome at 555 N. Butler St. in Eagar, according to the Town of Eagar. Evacuees may park in the back parking area and enter through the doors in the back. Residents with RVs or large animals can go to the Round Valley Rodeo Grounds.
Officials have issued evacuation orders for residents in the town of Greer and elsewhere because of a fast-moving, wind-driven wildfire that started Tuesday amid 50 mile-per-hour gusts.
A minor kitchen fire at a centre-city apartment building on Tuesday evening forced its evacuation and caused enough damage to displace the two residents of the affected apartment.
Emergency officials in the Colorado mountain town of Silverthorne on Tuesday afternoon sent out an evacuation order after a gas main break. The order, called by the Silverthorne Police Department, applies to people in homes around where the gas leak is happening.