While no homes or commercial structures were under threat, the fire’s proximity to Lake Clementine prompted authorities to evacuate all visitors around the shores of both Upper and Lower Lake Clementine, Resendes said.
Nelson Resendes of the Placer County Sheriff's Office. The fire was moving east and northeast, in the opposite direction of the residential parts of Auburn, a city of about 14,000, according to Lt.
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Local TV footage showed large gray and brown plumes billowing skyward. the blaze had burned more than 30 acres on both sides of Foresthill Road. Cal Fire reported the fire in the Auburn State Recreation Area, east of Highway 80 and Old Town Auburn. “We’ve got really good, strong lines on the east and southeast side, which were our priorities,” said Brian Estes, Cal Fire’s unit chief in the region.īoaters and picnickers enjoying Labor Day weekend at the shores of Lake Clementine were ordered to evacuate Sunday afternoon when a wildfire ignited under the Foresthill Bridge. The fire was just 5% contained as of Monday morning, according to Cal Fire, but officials expected containment to increase over the course of the day.
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More than 300 firefighters battling a wildfire in drought-dried hills near Auburn in Placer County beat back flames early Monday, preventing the blaze from approaching the small community of Foresthill.įire officials credited a series of backfires - purposely-lit burns to clear vegetation - with slowing progress of the 300-acre Bridge Fire. Tracy Barbutes/Special to The Chronicle Show More Show Less as they are led away from the Bridge Fire burning in Auburn on Sunday. Motorists are being evacuated along Foresthill Rd. Tracy Barbutes/Special to The Chronicle Show More Show Less 6 of6
The fire is burning in the Foresthill Bridge area in Placer County. Smoke from the Bridge Fire rises above a Nevada-Yuba-Placer Army National Guard fire truck on Sunday. Tracy Barbutes/Special to The Chronicle Show More Show Less 5 of6 Tracy Barbutes/Special to The Chronicle Show More Show Less 4 of6Ī Black Hawk helicopter uses Lake Clementine to collect water to drop on the Bridge Fire, burning in the Foresthill bridge in Auburn, California, on Sunday. Motorists are being evacuated along the Foresthill bridge as they are lead away from the Bridge Fire that is burning in Auburn, California, on Sunday, September 5, 2021. Tracy Barbutes / Special to The Chronicle Show More Show Less 3 of6
Tracy Barbutes/Special to The Chronicle Show More Show Less 2 of6Ĭrew members from the Nevada-Yuba-Placer Army National Guard take a break after battling the Bridge Fire throughout the day on Sunday, September 5, 2021. A firefighter puts out Bridge Fire spot fires burning near the Foresthill bridge in Auburn on Sunday.
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