Overview
- An internal pipe ruptured shortly after 3 p.m. Friday at the remote Dobbins facility, causing immediate flooding inside a building.
- Yuba County sheriff’s deputies and other agencies evacuated the site, rescuing some employees.
- The Yuba Water Agency said teams are on scene and asked the public to avoid the area during the investigation.
- PG&E reported thousands without power in Dobbins and nearby communities as of about 4:40 p.m. due to an unplanned outage.
- Live aerial footage showed water spilling from a large pipe and triggering a mudslide, and officials have not stated any impacts to power generation or water delivery.