Lehi fire: Vegetation fire prompts evacuations in Newcastle

Mandatory evacuations were in effect Friday afternoon due to a fire near the Placer County town of Newcastle, authorities said.

The vegetation fire had burned about 5 acres near Lehi Lane, just north of Highway 193, Cal Fire’s Nevada-Yuba-Placer unit reported in a social media post shortly before 5 p.m.

The Placer County Sheriff’s Office has issued an evacuation order for Lehi Lane, Winter Snow Court and Autumn Wind Court.

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“Officers are going door to door in the area advising residents to evacuate,” the sheriff’s office said in a Facebook post just before 5 p.m.

The fire was burning at a “moderate” rate and at least one structure was threatened, Cal Fire officials wrote.