Auburn – South Placer County residents can expect to see smoke Saturday, June 29th, 2024.
During the annual Fiddyment Training Burn, firefighters will be burning approximately 125 acres of grass between East Catlett Road and Sunset Boulevard West, on a parcel just west of the Athens Avenue-Fiddyment Road intersection. The area is north of Roseville and west of Rocklin and Lincoln.
The terrain allows crews to employ direct and indirect methods of firefighting and fire control and provides agencies an opportunity to train cooperatively in incident command and fire ground tactical operations while reducing fuel loading in a field with significant fire history.
The prescribed burn takes place between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. Saturday the 29th. If significant fuels are left, crews will burn the remainder between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. Sunday.
CAL FIRE/Placer County Fire Department is conducting the annual Fiddyment Burn with area fire agencies and volunteer firefighters as a training exercise and fuel reduction project.
The project scheduled for tomorrow will involve burning.