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Uncontrolled vegetation fire starts from burn pile near Wildwood West Drive, Penn Valley CA

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Wildfire

Reported: 12/5/2025 04:00 PM

Wildwood W Dr, Penn Valley, CA 95946

Fire crews responded to an uncontrolled vegetation fire that started from a burn pile near Wildwood West Drive. The fire covered about a quarter acre, moved uphill slowly, and was spreading at a low rate.

Audio|Heard on: CAL FIRE NEU West

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03:5

Transcript:

00:00

Station 43,

00:02

vegetation fire, near Wildwood West Drive.

00:20

Battalion 2303.

00:22

Battalion 5612, engine 2354, engine 2364, engine 2364, engine 43,

00:28

vegetation fire for a lost burn pile near Wildwood West Drive, cross-up hitch and post court in the dead end.

00:37

Unit standby for checkback.

00:39

NUS for command timeout, 1601.

00:52

Check back for you responding.

00:54

Vegetation fire, Wildwood, West Drive.

00:56

First seen and seen, Wildwood, IC, on CDF, TAC 9.

00:59

Battalion 5612, engine 43, engine 2364, responding via MDT.

01:05

Confirm response.

01:06

Battalion 2303.

01:08

Battalion 4003.

01:12

Engine 2354.

01:13

Engine 2354.

01:16

Energy 24.

01:21

Units responding.

01:23

Report of a lost burn pile approximately 60 by 60 at 1603.

01:35

Cellity 2354 at 1604.

01:43

Grass Valley units responding, vegetation fire near Wildwood West Drive.

01:47

Engine 43, now Wildwood IC on CDF, TAC 9 at 1607.

01:56

Engine 2366, at 1607.

01:58

Engine 2366 at 1608.

02:07

Battalion 5612, Grass Valley.

02:15

Grass Valley is responding.

02:20

Vegetation fire, near Wildwood West Drive.

02:23

Battalion 5612, now Wildwood, IC on CDF, TAC 9.

02:26

At 1609.

02:33

Wildwood, IC Grass Valley.

02:47

Wildwood, I see at 1611.

02:55

Wildwood, I see, Grass Valley.

02:58

I copied the beginning of traffic, quarter acre,

03:01

uphill, low rate of spread,

03:04

remainder was broken.

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Location mentioned:

Wildwood W Dr, Penn Valley, CA 95946

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