Nevada City Pleasant Fire is 47 acres, all evacuations lifted
NEVADA CITY — Pleasant Fire updates:
Afternoon of 8/21
All evacuations related to the Pleasant Fire have been lifted.
Officials say the fire is 55 percent contained.
Yesterday Water-Tender 57 was assigned to the #PleasantFire in #NevadaCounty. Here are a few videos taken by #NorthSanJuanFire and #PCPFire crews yesterday. Great work done by all the fire and law enforcement agencies involved in this Incident. #Wildfires➡️https://t.co/uqFeiYDz8G pic.twitter.com/B8l60ZV7xf
— PCP Fire (@PCP_FIRE) August 21, 2022
Afternoon updates 8/20
The Pleasant Fire has burned 70 acres and prompted a large response from emergency services.
According to the Nevada County Sheriff's Office, the Pleasant Fire has caused mandatory evacuations for McKitrick Ranch Road, Nishinam Gulch Road, and Jones Bar Road at Newtown Road.
The Nevada County Fairgrounds will be open shortly for animal evacuations. The Madelyn Helling Library will be open soon as a human evacuation area.
According to Nevada County OES, zone NCO-E075 has been split into two zones.
All residents North of Newtown Road in zone NCO-E075-A are now under an evacuation order. Residents south of Newtown Road in zone NCO-E075-B remain under an evacuation warning.
#PleasantFire Zone NCO-E075 has been split into 2 zones. All residents NORTH of Newtown Road in zone NCO-E075-A are now under an EVACUATION ORDER. Residents SOUTH of Newtown Road in zone NCO-E075-B remain under an Evacuation WARNING. Check https://t.co/x0UEl15gmO for updates. pic.twitter.com/23c3jMZK7G
— Nevada County OES (@NevCoOES) August 21, 2022