Yuba Fire near Nevada City burns nearly 20 acres, evacuations lifted

All evacuations issued for the Yuba Fire near Nevada City have been lifted after the fire burned nearly 20 acres Wednesday afternoon. 

Cal Fire NEU said its crews responded to the fire that was in a field in the area of the 11000 block of Yuba Ridge Drive near Nevada City. Crews said the fire was burning at a moderate rate of spread and threatened a structure. It's unknown if any buildings were impacted by the fire.   

Cal Fire reported the fire is holding at about 19 acres. It's unknown what caused the fire.

Yuba Fire evacuation information

Three zones — NCO-E075, CSP-E058 and NCO-E085 — were placed into evacuation orders. This area included the South Yuba River State Park. Zones NCO-E074, NCO-E245 and NCO-E311 were under evacuation warnings. 

All evacuation warnings and orders were lifted by 6 p.m.

A temporary evacuation point was at the Madelyn Helling Library at 980 Helling Way in Nevada City. A temporary evacuation shelter for animals was at Nevada County Horseman, located at 10600 Bubbling Wells Rd. in Grass Valley.

Jones Bar Road and Newtown Road were closed, as well as Nishinam Gulch at Highway 49.