The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office is ordering residents in several areas previously hit by wildfires to evacuate ahead of a new storm.
Residents of debris flow risk areas below the Thomas, Whittier and Sherpa fire burn scars have been told to leave their homes by 4 p.m. Tuesday.
Sheriff Bill Brown told a press conference Monday afternoon that the storm is expected to be more intense than the last several storms.
A map published by the county Office of Emergency Management indicates that much of Montecito is at risk. A deadly debris flow from the Thomas fire scar devastated Montecito in January 2018.
EVACUATION ORDER: The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office has issued an EVACUATION ORDER due to a strong storm arriving tomorrow. Those in the Thomas/Whittier/Sherpa burn areas are ordered to evacuate by 4 pm tomorrow (5 March). See the evacuation map @ https://t.co/YqDKvUfZIM
— SBCountyOEM (@SBCountyOEM) March 5, 2019
