This is terrible! Do you know how far it is from his home? I expect he has people taking care of the animals while he's away. I hope they can get them to safety. Do you know how many animals? Are we talking an entire herd or a few horses, a few goats, etc?
COMMENT: Update at Saturday, Sept 24, 2016, 4pm EDT
If you look at this Incident link ( http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/4888/ ) It will give you updates for the fire location. When you load the link, you will see a map skowing the fire's location. View on "satilitte" and zoom out. As soon as the white oval with a 1 inside the oval should appear. Stop. The white oval with a 1 in it is located about 5 miles north of Alan's home. For obvious reasons I can't put Alan's address up here, but he lives near Pfieffer Beach.
If you wish to keep taps on this development, try this. Split your computer screen. On one side put this link up,( http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/4888/ ). It is the fire location map. On the other side, put up this map. It will give you a shot of Pfieffer Beach area. ( https://www.google.com/maps/@36.2379466,-121.8158686,72668m/data=!3m1!1e3 ). Match the indentations along the cost lines as shown by each map. You may find "satellite" view is the best for this. It looks to me as if the fire 5 miles to the north, but I know that area to some extent - use to go hinking in that area - and there is a ridge or very steep and hill in the fire's way. Still even a mile away is not a happy thought. This entire region is dense growth, year around. Trees, shrubs bushes, vines, it's like a thicket of foledge and trees, including pine trees that burn fiercely. If the wind is blowing inland, it fans the fire.
~swd