This article was last updated at 4:40 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 31. For the latest fire updates, click here.
(4:40 a.m.) - Power is back on for the more than 3,000 PG&E customers that were without power for a short period of time Monday night.
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(7:45 p.m.) - More than 3,000 PG&E customers are without power in San Luis Obispo due to the Lizzie Fire.
According to PG&E, two of their poles were damaged in the fire. They have a crew is route to the scene as they work to find ways to safely restore power to the affected customers.
According to the PG&E outage map, the outage began at about 7 p.m. and power is expected to be restored by 9:30 p.m. Monday.
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(7:33 p.m.) - An evacuation order for areas south of Lizzie Street, east of Fixlini Street, and north of Bishop St. has been lifted.
An evacuation warning will remain in effect overnight for zones SLO-E012, SLO-E018, and SLC-E237.
Firefighters will remain on scene overnight. City officials say an additional 300 fire crews have been assigned to the fire and will begin work on Tuesday morning.
One firefighter reportedly sustained a minor laceration while fighting the fire Monday afternoon.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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UPDATE (6:09 p.m.) - SLO City Fire reports Johnson Avenue has reopened. Additional resources are still responding to the scene.
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UPDATE (5:38 p.m.) Forward progress has been stopped on the fire near Cal Poly, according to CAL FIRE.
Fire officials say the fire was reported in Stenner Creek and burned a half acre.
The Lizzie Fire near San Luis Obispo High School has burned 100 acres and was 10 percent contained, as of 5:36 p.m., according to CAL FIRE.
Fire officials say there have been no reports of any structures being damaged but some are still threatened.
Johnson Avenue between Laurel Lane and San Luis Drive is closed.
The San Luis Obispo City Fire Department says anyone who leaves the area of the evacuation order will not be allowed back in until the order has been lifted.
A temporary evacuation site has reportedly been set up at the Madonna Plaza Shopping Center.
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UPDATE (4:56 p.m.) - Two small fires are reportedly burning in agricultural areas at the edge of Cal Poly's campus — one near Highway 1 and Stenner Creek Rd. and the second between the university's lemon orchard and Mustang Village apartments.
According to officials at Cal Poly, the fires are not an immediate safety concern for the campus community; however, Highland Drive is closed from Santa Rosa St. to California Blvd.
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UPDATE (4:21 p.m.) - A second fire has been reported near Cal Poly.
The fire was reported at about 4 p.m. in the area of Highland Dr. and Orchard Rd.
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UPDATE (3:25 p.m.) - Fire officials say evacuation orders have gone out to people south of Lizzie Street, east of Fixlini Street and north of Bishop Street.
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(3:19 p.m.) - Evacuations are being issued due to a vegetation fire that broke out Monday afternoon in San Luis Obispo.
The San Luis Obispo City Fire Department says additional ground and air resources have been ordered to help fight the fire, which broke out around 2:45 p.m. on the 1400 block of San Luis Drive above San Luis Obispo High School.
Fire officials say the fire is burning in a south, south east direction.
Emergency personnel are going door-to-door notifying people in the area to evacuate and fire officials are taking a look at evacuation zones and plan to release more information on those shortly.
This is a developing story and will be updated as information becomes available.
