UPDATE (11:24 p.m.) Mandatory evacuation orders have been issued for a portion of Kern County that borders San Luis Obispo County.
According to CAL FIRE, people in evacuation zone KRN-249-A are being told to leave their homes now.
The zone is north of Mocal Road, south of Addie Avenue, East of Hurricane Road and west of Highway 33.
For a map of the specific evacuation area, click here.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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UPDATE (9:11 p.m.) - The fire burning outside Santa Margarita on Bureau of Land Management land had scorched 3,185 acres as of Saturday evening.
Limited information on the fire is being released.
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UPDATE (3:58 p.m.) - The Hurricane Fire was estimated at 858 acres as of 12:45 p.m., according to CAL FIRE.
CAL FIRE was referring all additional questions to the Bureau of Land Management, which has not responded to KSBY's request for additional information.
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ORIGINAL STORY: Firefighters in the Santa Margarita area are battling a vegetation fire that broke out Saturday morning near the Carrizo Plain National Monument.
As of 8:22 a.m., the fire near Elkhorn and Hurricane roads was said to be about five acres.
CAL FIRE is being assisted by the Bureau of Land Management.
No word on the cause.
