Snowshoe Fire Prompts Level 2 Evacuations

TRAIL, Ore. –  A Level 2 (BE SET) advisory is now in effect for the following areas:  Addresses on the west side of Highway 227 from the Douglas County border to Loper Lane.  The addresses of 7544, 7600 on the east side of Highway 227.  All addresses on West Fork Trail Creek Road. All addreses on Taylor Road.  Loper Lane, addresses of 214 and above.

Jackson County Sheriff's Office search and rescue personnel are making in-person notifications. Citizen Alert notifications will be made to those in the affected area.  To sign up for Citizen Alert, go to www.jacksoncounty.org/alert.

A downloadable map of the evacuation area is included with this release. Scroll to the bottom and click on the link.  

--> Evacuation zones will also be added to the interactive fire map: http://joco.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=37b8a655d90f4f82ba35ba107a827840.

The Snowshoe Fire is part of the South Umpqua Complex. For more information, visit the InciWeb fire page at https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/article/5940/44208/.