Dossier
Timber Fire
Coverage of Timber Fire in the Nexus archive.
- The famed Esalen Institute is being evacuated as Big Sur's Timber Fire expands to 1,700 acres
The famed Esalen Institute is evacuating due to the expanding Timber Fire, which has grown to over 1,700 acres and was 5% contained as of Monday evening. The blaze is burning through the steep terrain in the Los Padres National Forest, disrupting Highway 1 along California's Big Sur coastline.