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Automated summary generated: Aug 21, 2026 13:14 UTC. It may lag behind the report and is not an official alert.
The YUBA wildfire was discovered on August 12, 2026, in Nevada County, California, and remains active as of the latest update. The incident, with an undetermined cause and no jurisdictional agency listed, has burned 19.88 acres as of August 20, 2026, with no official containment percentage, personnel deployment, or fire behavior reported. No additional growth or containment data are available beyond the initial acreage figure, so the situation is still evolving with limited publicly released details.
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NIFC fire information and official resources βIRWIN ID: {30706240-31D1-4F61-8CD2-5053C699D66A}
Discovered: Aug 12, 2026
Cause: Undetermined
Coordinates: 39.2783, -121.1227
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The YUBA Fire has burned 20 acres as of August 20, 2026.
Containment has not been officially reported for the YUBA Fire.
The official cause has been listed as: Undetermined.
The YUBA Fire is burning in Nevada, CA.
The YUBA Fire is no longer in our filtered incident feed. This alone does not confirm extinguishment.
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