Mandatory evacuations lifted in Bond Fire burn area

Mandatory evacuation orders lifted for some Bond Fire burn communities

Mandatory evacuation orders in the Williams and Modjeska Canyons were lifted Friday morning. The order is still in place in the Silverado Canyon as crews continue to clear debris from roads.

ORANGE COUNTY - UPDATE: As of 12 p.m. Friday, all mandatory evacuation orders in the Silverado, Williams, and Modjeska Canyons have been lifted.

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ORIGINAL STORY: Officials in Orange County have issued a mandatory evacuation order as rain sweeps through the region.

The order goes into effect at 8 p.m. for residents or Silverado, Williams and Modjeska Canyons in the Bond Fire burn area.

A voluntary order has been in place for the same area since this morning. Residents are being urged to evacuate prior to 8 p.m., when "hard road closures'' will take effect and access in and out of the canyon will be restricted to public safety and public works crews.

Mandatory evacuations in effect residents in Bond Fire burn area

Officials in Orange County have issued a mandatory evacuation order as rain sweeps through the region.

A mudslide was reported just after 8 p.m. Thursday in Silverado Canyon. The Orange County Fire Authority reported there were no injuries nor calls for rescues following the landfall.

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The county activated its Emergency Operations Center Thursday morning to help expedite the response to any flooding or debris flows.

The National Weather Service issued a flood watch that will be in effect until Friday morning for coastal and inland Orange County. Forecasters said some mountain areas could receive 3 to 6 inches of rain from the "atmospheric river," with the heaviest downpours expected after midnight through Friday morning.

Inland Empire bracing for more rain

FOX 11's Cristy Fajardo was in Yucaipa surveying some of the ponding in the area.

The rain will persist intermittently -- perhaps heavy at times – through the holiday weekend, according to the National Weather Service.

"Unsettled weather will prevail across the area with periods of rain through Sunday morning, heaviest Thursday into early Friday," according to the weather service.

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