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Wildfire near Placerville causes voluntary evacuations

Firefighters are working to contain a wildfire burning near Placerville. Voluntary evacuations were issued for nearby homes.

Wildfire near Placerville causes voluntary evacuations
Firefighters are working to contain a wildfire burning near Placerville. Voluntary evacuations were issued for nearby homes.
WEBVTT IN SIZE. >> KEVIN OLIVER HAS BEEN TALKING WITH FOLKS IN THE AREA. REPORTER: WE ARE JUST A LITTLE WAYS AWAY FROM THE FIRE. HELICOPTERS COMING IN TO MAKE ANOTHER WATER DROP. IT IS ABOUT 20% CONTAINED AND ABOUT 45 ACRES. A FEW MOMENTS AGO, WE SAW FIREFIGHTERS FROM ALL DIFFERENT AGENCIES WORKING ON THE FIRE ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE HILL HERE. THE WIND HAS NOT BEEN TOO STRONG AT THIS POINT. THIS ROAD IS SAND RIDGE ROAD. RESIDENTS IN THE AREA HAVE BEEN ON STANDBY. THERE IS A VOLUNTARY EVACUATION ORDER FOR THE PEOPLE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE ROAD. WE DID SEE SOME PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR HOMES AND TRYING TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE SMOKE AND PLANES AND HELICOPTERS GOING IN. THERE ARE ALSO A NUMBER OF PEOPLE STATIONED IN SOMERSET TRYING TO GET THROUGH THE AREA TO GET HOME, BUT THEY ARE STUCK BECAUSE OF ROADBLOCKS. >> WE CAME, WE SAW THE FIRE, THEY WOULD NOT LET US THROUGH. WE LEFT AND CAME BACK , THE SAME THING. REPORTER: YOU CAN SEE THE FIREFIGHTING HELICOPTER GOING BACK FOR MORE WATER. DOES NOT SEEM TO BE SPREADING TOO FAST TO THIS POINT. FIREFIGHTERS ARE HOPING TO KEEP CONTAINED TO THE ONE SIDE OF THE HILL. FIRE TRUCKS ALL UP AND
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Wildfire near Placerville causes voluntary evacuations
Firefighters are working to contain a wildfire burning near Placerville. Voluntary evacuations were issued for nearby homes.
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