Colfax home hit by mudslide, other homes under evacuation orders
COLFAX — A mudslide struck a Colfax home along Ben Taylor Road and forced other residences under evacuation orders Tuesday evening.
Cal Fire NEU said at least three other homes on Ben Taylor Road were told to evacuate. The Placer County Sheriff's Office, which was assisting with the situation, said two of those evacuation orders would remain in place until engineers could reassess the area on Wednesday.
At least 20 other homes in the area were told to be ready to evacuate if needed, but that evacuation warning has since been lifted.
A video from the scene shows one side of the home nearly buried in the dirt. One person was inside the home on Ben Taylor Road. She was able to get out safely.
Battalion Chief Nolan Hale said the woman inside her home when the mud came crashing through it called 911 to describe the scene.
"She described a tree coming through her window, followed by a very loud sound like a train coming," Hale said.
Karen Lober lives next to the home hit by the slide. She is under an evacuation order and is staying with a neighbor outside the evacuation area.
"Sad, it's sad, it's sad," Lober said. "And you get the knock at the door and you get told it's safety, and get in your car and go."
A temporary shelter was set up for evacuees at Colfax City Hall.
There were hard road closures in place on Hillcrest Boulevard at Ben Taylor Road and Rising Sun Street at Ben Taylor Road. Those have also since been lifted.
