CZU Lightning Complex Evacuation Update

CZU Lightning Complex Evacuation Update

(Santa Cruz, CA) — All evacuation warnings have been lifted in Western Santa Clara County as Cal Fire crews continue to battle the CZU Lightning Complex of Fires. The fires have burned nearly 80-thousand acres of land in mostly Santa Cruz and San Mateo counties since sparking on August 16th. Crews have the CZU Lightning Complex at 19-percent containment, and one death has been confirmed. Meanwhile, mandatory evacuation orders remain in place in the area due to the SCU Lightning Complex Fire, and Cal Fire says the fire burning in the East Bay is now the second-largest fire in state history at over 366-thousand acres.