Nov 16, 2008 7:24 pm US/Pacific
Sayre Fire Evacuation Information
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For information regarding evacuation orders, road closures and evacuation areas, please call: (800) 439-2909. For medical information, call (323) 869-2326.
The Los Angeles Police are asking Oakridge Mobile Home Park residents to check in with them. Former residents should call (213) 485-2121 and give the names of everyone who was living in their unit.
Mandatory Evacuations:
- North of the 210 Freeway between Hubbard Street and the I-5 Freeway.
- North of the 118 Freeway between Reseda Boulevard and Balboa Boulevard, and north to the Los Angeles County border.
- Olive View Medical Center has issued an evacuation. Patients are being taken to Holy Cross Medical Center in Mission Hills. To find out where a patient previously at Olive View has been taken, please call: (323) 869-2326.
- All areas of Porter Ranch and Granada Hills were deemed safe and reopened.
List Of Surviving Mobile Homes In SylmarEvacuation Centers:- Sylmar High School, at 13050 Borden Avenue.
Supplies:
- Sylmar Recreation Center, at 13109 Borden Avenue: Anyone displaced by the Sayre fire can pick up free food, drinks and clothing from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the Center's gym, a resource run by a local church and volunteers.
Animals
- Large Animals: Horse and other large animals were being taken to Hansen Dam Park, Kennedy High School and Pierce College. Horse and other large animals were being taken to Hansen Dam Park, Kennedy High School and Pierce College.
- A mobile kennel has been set up at Sylmar High School, and small pets also can be taken to the Mission animal shelter at Strandwood Avenue and Brand Boulevard.
Small Animals: Mission Shelter, Strandwood and Brand Blvd.
Street/Freeway Closures:
- Eastbound and westbound 210 between the I-5 and the 118 (reopened)
- Transition from the southbound I-5 to the eastbound and westbound 210 (reopened)
- Transition from the eastbound 118 to the westbound 210 (reopened)
- Westbound 210 off-ramp at Osbourne
- Both directions of the I-5 at Osbourne (reopened)
- Southbound I-5 at the 126 highway
- Northbound 405 transition to both directions of the 118 (reopened)
- Both directions of the I-5 at the 210 (reopened)
- San Fernando Road at the I-5 (reopened)
- Southbound 14 at San Fernando Road
Northbound from each of the following intersections:
- Bledsoe Street and Foothill Boulevard
- Filbert Street and Foothill Boulevard
- Rinaldi Street and Woodley Avenue
- Balboa Boulevard and San Fernando Street
- Hubbard Street and Eldridge Avenue
- Eldridge Avenue and Sayre Street
- Shablow Avenue and Gavina Avenue
- Gavina Avenue and Hubbard Street
- Foothill Boulevard and Osborne Street
- Rinaldi Street and Balboa Boulevard
- Foothill (210) Freeway northbound off-ramp at Osborne Street
- Osborne Street north of Foothill Boulevard
Public Transit:
Per L.A. Metrolink, - the Metrolink Valley Line traveling through the 5/14 is not in operation.
School Closures: - Cal State Northridge has cancelled Saturday classes, and campus events Saturday are being considered on a case-by-case basis. CSUN faculty and staff with questions can call (866) 535-2786. Students can call (866) 515-2786.
- ITT Tech in Sylmar has cancelled classes. Call (800) 363-2086 for more information.
- For information on Los Angeles Unified School District closures, visit lausd.net
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