A fast-moving wildfire near Smartsville prompted an immediate evacuation order Wednesday afternoon in Nevada County.
Cal Fire said the Mooney Fire was burning near Mooney Flat in the area of Lombardi Drive and Kirk Way and had grown to an estimated 2 acres. Flames were spreading at a dangerous rate, firefighters said, with at least one structure threatened.
The Nevada County Sheriff’s Office ordered residents in Zone NCO-E010 to evacuate immediately around 1:30 p.m.
View of the smoke plume of the fire.
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Smartsville is in western Nevada County, roughly 50 miles northeast of Sacramento.
This is a developing story.
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