The fire perimeter as of yesterday evening, with hotspots indicated.

The Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office just issued an immediate evacuation order for the community of Forks of Salmon, which lies southeast of Somes Bar along Salmon River Road, due to the advancing Butler Fire.

The alert from the office reads:

Siskiyou County Sheriffs Office has issued an EVACUATION ORDER for Zones SIS-1707-B, SIS-1708, FRK-1709, SIS-1804, and SIS-1805 in and around Forks of Salmon due to the Butler Fire. Anyone in this area is ordered to leave now. For the latest information regarding emergencies impacting Siskiyou County go to the ReadySiskiyou Website at www.readysiskiyou.gov

The office is asking residents to leave through Cecilville, right now.

A reporter for the WatchDuty app — a very credible source — says that more firefighting resources have been dispatched to the area for structure protection.