BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — Update: 4:50 p.m.
Beale Air Force Base said on-base residents are cleared to go back home. The news comes after evacuations were issued following a fire near base housing.
Beale Fire Department remains at the scene. As of the latest update, the fire was about 90% contained.
Original Story:
Officials with Beale Air Force Base say a fire that forced evacuations is about 90% contained, according to a Facebook post from the 9th Reconnaissance Wing Commander.
The fire was reported at Beale Air Force Base, and officials say the fire is near base housing. A tweet from Cal Fire's Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit placed the acreage at 40 to 50 acres.
A release from officials said the fire was sparked around 1:30 p.m. There were no reports of structure damage.
In a Facebook post, Beale AFB said parents of Lone Tree Elementary school students are asked to pick up their children, while those kids who were at the youth center have already been evacuated to the CAC.
Kids from Bear River Middle School are also being taken to the CAC, while Wheatland High School students on base are being sent to the library, according to a Facebook post from the 9th RW Commander at Beale AFB.
Officials say the fire is near base housing near homes west of Camp Beale Highway. Those in that area are being asked to evacuate.
Beale AFB says evacuation points are the Harris Fitness Center and Recce Point Club. Officials add that Grass Valley and Vassar Lake gates are open.
Officials are asking people to avoid west of Camp Beale Highway and north of Chuck Yeager Road.
Read more ABC10:
ABC10: Watch, Download, Read
Watch more ABC10: Major fire sparked at an RV park in Rancho Marina on Brannan Island
