Vegetation fire near Beale Air Force Base housing in Yuba County prompts evacuations
Firefighters on Tuesday afternoon battled a vegetation fire that had burned more than 40 acres near Beale Air Force Base in Yuba County, Cal Fire reported.
The fire had burned as many as 50 acres of vegetation near Beale Air Force Base housing as of 3:20 p.m., the Cal Fire Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit announced on social media. At that time, firefighters had about 20% of the fire contained.
Homes west of Camp Beale Highway were evacuated, and the evacuation points are the Harris Fitness Center and Recce Point Club, Beale Air Force Base officials announced in a Facebook post
All children attending the Youth Center also were evacuated. About 2:45 p.m., base officials said parents of Lone Tree Elementary school students were directed to pick up their children.
Cal Fire and local fire departments were assisting firefighters from Beale Air Force Base in attacking the blaze. The fire started about 1:30 p.m. Tuesday and prompted a partial evacuation of base housing west of Camp Beale Highway, according to a news release from Beale Air Force Base.
There was no structural damages reported at on-base facilities as of 3:45 p.m., and Cal Fire was called to the scene to provide aerial support, according to the news release.
Officials asked base residents and personnel to avoid the area west of Camp Beale Highway and north of Chuck Yeager Road.
In a 4:30 p.m. Facebook post, Col. Heather Fox, a reconnaissance wing commander with Beale Air Force Base, said authorities had determined the situation to be safe, and residents were cleared to return to their homes.
She said firefighters were still there monitoring spot fires in the area. Base lodging has rooms available for residents who find their homes too smoky to stay in overnight.
This story was originally published October 12, 2021 at 4:18 PM.
