THERE ARE 2 FIRES BURNING IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY THAT HAVE CAUSED OFFICIALS TO CALL FOR EVACUATIONS. ONE IS THE PANTHER RIDGE FIRE BURNING NEAR STAPP ROAD AND PANTHER RIDGE IN THE BOULDER CREEK AREA, AND THE OTHER IS THE NUNES, OR FREEDOM FIRE, THAT IS BURNING IN THE LARKIN VALLEY AREA OF SOUTH SANTA CRUZ COUNTY. FOR THE PANTHER RIDGE FIRE, PEOPLE ALONG PANTHER RIDGE ROAD HAVE BEEN EVACUATED….AND FOR THE NUNES, OR FREEDOM FIRE, PORTIONS OF NUNES GILLETTE, AND HALTON ROADS, BENS WAY AND AND WILLOW HEIGHTS HAVE BEEN EVACUATED.
