Sheriff's Department issues a correction saying 10-mile-wide fire front is the front advancing on Julian, not the front menacing Palomar Mountain. Palomar Mountain residents are still being ordered to evacuate. Interstate 8 is closed from Tavern Road to Sunrise Highway.
The evacuation in the Julian area is now mandatory and includes Julian, Pine Hills and Wynola, according to the San Diego County Sheriff's Department. Residents are asked to obey all instructions from Sheriff's Deputies for a safe and orderly evacuation. Deputies will direct residents to the safe routes of escape. We are also ordering Palomar Mountain residents to evacuate as a ten-mile-wide fire front is advancing on that area. There is also a mandatory evacuation in progress in the Descanso area.