Evacuation Route In Sonoma County Blocked, Leaving Residents Concerned

CBS Bay Area

September 18, 2024

An exit route that Sonoma County residents once used to escape a raging wildfire seven years ago is now blocked, and residents are blaming it on the county's bureaucracy.

In October of 2017, the Nuns Fire roared through the Sonoma County town of Glen Ellen. It was something the people living on O'Donnell Lane could not have imagined.

"I mean, this was a wall of flames that neighbors had to drive through," said homeowner Nathan Oliver. "We were rushing, as the fire was coming down this hill to engulf the end of the lane, to get off the lane as quickly as possible."

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