Incident Update Rices Fire
- Date:
- 07/04/2022
- Time:
- 8:31 AM
CAL FIRE Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit: www.facebook.com/calfireneu
Incident Facts
- Name
- Rices Fire
- Start Date/Time
- 2022-06-28
- Incident Status
- Active
- Location
- Rices Crossing Road and Cranston Road, south of Dobbins in Nevada County
- Type
- Wildfire
- Cause
- Under Investigation
- Counties
- Nevada
- Administration Unit
- CAL FIRE Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit
- Unified Command Agency(s)
- Size
- 904
- Containment
- 65%
- Structures Threatened
- 520
- Structures Destroyed
- 1
- Structures Damaged
- Civilian Injuries
- Firefighter Injuries
- Civilian Fatalities
- Firefighter Fatalities
Evacuation Zones
Evacuation Information:
Evacuations Orders:
- Bridgeport, Rice's Crossing
- Buttermilk area
- French Corral
- Birchville; Sweetland
Evacuation Warnings:
- CA State Park @ HWY 19 (Eastern)
- Millhouse; Monezuma; Purdon (Central)
- Greater Tyler Foote; Purdon Rd. (Northern)
- New School, Robinson area
- Sebastopol, North San Juan
Evacuation Advisory:
- Steep canyon terrain leading to Base of Bullards
- Lake Francis with several residences surrounding lake.
Assigned Resources
Numerous firefighting air tankers from throughout the State are flying fire suppression missions as conditions allow.
- Engines
- 65
- Water Tenders
- 12
- Dozers
- 14
- Hand Crews
- 8
- Total Personnel
- 373