HIGHWAY 9 IS CLOSED BETWEEN GOLF CLUB ROAD IN SANTA CRUZ, AND GLENGARRY ROAD IN FELTON. THATS BECAUSE OF THE RINCON FIRE THAT IS BURNING NEAR PARADISE PARK. JUST NORTH OF SANTA CRUZ. AS OF THIS EVENING, THE VEGETATION FIRE (THAT IS BURNING IN HEAVY TIMBER, AND STEEP TERRAIN) HAD BURNED 17 ACRES, AND CONTAINMENT WAS AT 30 PERCENT. THE BLAZE WAS REPORTED AT ABOUT 9:30 P.M. SATURDAY NIGHT. ALTHOUGH NO STRUCTURES ARE CURRENTLY THREATENED, THERE IS AN EVACUATION ADVISORY IN PLACE FOR THE NOTHERN PORTION OF PARADISE PARK.
170 FIREFIGHTERS, FROM 12 AGENCIES, ARE WORKING TO QUELL THE RINCON FIRE
