Sirens over Avalon

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At about 2 p.m., emergency sirens blared over Avalon: an urgent call for volunteers to stop whatever they were doing and report for duty to fight a fire out of control. An hour later firefighters were traversing Avalon streets with bullhorns telling people to evacuate.

‘The trouble is the island is so dry everything just went up like crazy,’ said Michael Mead, manager of Island Rentals.

By 6:30 p.m. The streets were filled with pickup trucks leaving residences with antique furniture strapped down with ropes. Tourist industry workers were also gathering their belongings and gawking at the advancing fire.

-Louis Sahagun in Avalon