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Latest update from The Sacramento Bee: Floriston Fire jumps to 300 acres in Sierra, closes freeway, prompts evacuation warning. AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. The Nevada County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday issued an evacuation warning as authorities respond to a fast-moving wildfire burning along Interstate 80 in Floriston that torched nearly 300 acres in less than 90 minutes. Wednesday, the Sheriff’s Office issued the evacuation warning for Zone NCO-379, which is just northwest of I-80 and several miles north of Lake Tahoe. Firefighters were at the scene battling the Floriston Fire burning along Interstate 80 at the Floriston exit, according to the Cal Fire Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit . Firefighters with the Tahoe National Forest were also responding to the wildfire.
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