Placer County residents returning to fire area; containment in sight
By Bill Lindelof, Sacramento Bee
A week after they were forced from their homes by the Robbers Fire, residents of the Brushy Creek and Yankee Jims areas will be allowed to return to their residences.
Daniel Berlant, a spokesman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, said evacuees will be allowed back into these areas beginning at 9am today. Homes in these areas, he said, account for a majority of the 170 residences that had been threatened by the fire
The cooler weather has allowed firefighters to make progress in corralling a stubborn Placer County wildland blaze.
The Robbers Fire, which started July 11, was 60 percent contained as of late (Tuesday) afternoon, Berlant said.
Total acreage burned is 2,650 acres. The onset of cooler weather, higher humidity and lack of major wind has helped firefighters.