Evacuations briefly ordered in Butte County for new fire, burning near Palermo
Residents in Butte County were briefly ordered by authorities to evacuate after a new fire ignited Wednesday afternoon.
The Butte County Sheriff’s Office ordered residents in part of Palermo to leave after a blaze called the Grubbs Fire sparked several miles south of the Thompson Fire, a 3,500-acre blaze that spread near Oroville and prompted more than 13,000 people to evacuate.
Sheriff’s officials shortly before 5 p.m. put Palermo evacuation zones 867 and 868 under evacuation orders, but the orders were reduced to warning before 6 p.m. and all warnings were lifted by 6:30 p.m. There were about 159 structures in the zones with mandatory evacuation orders, a Butte County sheriff’s evacuation map shows.
Zones 866 and 869 were also briefly under evacuation warnings, deputies said online.
Cal Fire reported the fire at 10 acres.
This story was originally published July 3, 2024 at 5:15 PM with the headline "Evacuations briefly ordered in Butte County for new fire, burning near Palermo."
