Crime & Safety

Fast-Moving Wildfire Prompts Evacuations In El Paso County

Mandatory evacuations were issued Friday.

EL PASO COUNTY, CA -- Mandatory evacuations were issued Friday afternoon following a fast-moving wildfire in El Paso County. The Sheriff's Office said said all residents from Yoder to Edison and north of Sandborn to Highway 94 must leave.

About 30 acres have burned near Yoder, the Sheriff's Office said.

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