CITRUS HEIGHTS, Calif. — 190 mobile homes are without power in Citrus Heights as the area weathers an extreme heat wave.
According to Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District, crews are at Imperial Mobile Home Park with the Sacramento County Office of Emergency Services and the Citrus Heights Police Department providing resources and evacuating residents to areas with air conditioning. Officials said upward of two dozen adults are being taken by bus or car to Citrus Heights City Hall.
Battalion Chief Parker Wilbourn said some people are choosing not to evacuate, but crews are still going door to door encouraging people to leave.
"Knowing the power was knocked out that's a major factor. We've gone, for the the last couple weeks now, through an extreme heat crisis... It was about 112 degrees, my last check, around the time of this fire," Wilbourn said. "We know that people that do have pre-existing conditions are move susceptible to heat-related illness and it happens very rapidly."
Fire officials said an electrical transformer fire shut off power to all 190 mobile homes, and power is not expected to be restored before the heat returns Friday.
The blaze was reported as a tree fire just after 6:30 p.m. Wilbourn said multiple trees and transformers were seen on fire.
Officials said the situation poses significant risk to the elderly and disabled due to the heat.
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