Published 2 years ago

Residents say they did not receive McKinney fire evacuation warnings

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Billy Simms received an alert that told him it was time to get out. It wasn't from an announcement by Siskiyou County officials or a text message. Billy’s warning came from the sky, in the form of golf ball-sized embers.

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Residents say they did not receive McKinney fire evacuation warnings

The deadly fire cast a fresh spotlight on the evacuation systems in place to alert people of the imminent need to flee their homes. Many people interviewed in and around the fire zone last week said they did not receive alerts despite signing up for them, or never understood they needed to sign up.

2 years ago·Portland, United States

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