Update: Most evacuations lifted for grass fire in Colfax-area neighborhood
A vegetation fire burning near Colfax prompted evacuation orders for about two hours Wednesday afternoon, most of which have now been lifted.
Cal Fire’s Nevada-Yuba-Placer unit in a social media post around 1 p.m. said firefighters were responding to a grass fire near Robbers Ravine.
The Sheriff’s Office around 1:10 p.m. announced mandatory evacuations for homes along Robbers Ravine Road, Dusty Road, Trail Ridge Lane, Rock Rose “and all streets inside of that circle.” An evacuation warning was in place for the larger Cape Horn neighborhood, which is located east of Interstate 80 about three miles north of Colfax.
Sheriff’s officials in an update around 2:45 p.m. said all evacuation orders and warnings have been lifted except on Old Logger’s Lane and Trail Ridge Lane, where emergency vehicles are still responding to the incident.
No other details were immediately available regarding the size of the fire, containment progress or number of structures threatened. No damage had been reported as of 3 p.m.
A day earlier, Cal Fire responded to an approximately one-acre fire in the same neighborhood, at the end of Cape Horn Road. Authorities said forward progress on that fire was stopped by that evening.
Neither Tuesday nor Wednesday’s incidents are part of the River Fire, which prompted evacuations including parts of Colfax last week and is now 85% contained, according to Cal Fire. The River Fire spread toward Colfax from the southeast.
This story was originally published August 11, 2021 at 1:36 PM.
