Fueled by winds, largest wildfire moves near California city

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

GRIZZLY FLATS, Calif. (AP) — A wildfire raged through a small Northern California forest town Tuesday, burning dozens of homes as dangerously dry and windy weather also continued to fuel other massive blazes and prompted the nation’s largest utility to begin shutting off power to 51,000 customers.

The Caldor fire in the northern Sierra Nevada had burned an estimated 50 homes in and around Grizzly Flats, a town of about 1,200 people, fire officials said at a community meeting.

Gov. Gavin Newsom proclaimed a state of emergency for El Dorado County because of the blaze, which tripled in size between Monday and Tuesday afternoon to nearly 50 square miles (129 square kilometers).

To the north the Dixie Fire — the largest of some 100 active wildfires in more than a dozen Western states — was advancing toward Susanville, population about 18,000.

https://apnews.com/article/fires-environment-and-nature-california-wildfires-a4dca00a7d292f0bac4240c4c7fbcf94

[FirstLight]

1. Im in South Tahoe and we are all being told to be hyper vigilant

evacs are all the way up the hill towards Sierra at Tahoe ski resort, Hwy 50 is closed to residents ONLY heding up the mtn...

I have to be at work at 12, dont have time to gather everything for a bug out (yes I should have been ready sooner) Im hoping if we get a warning I can leave and go home.

It's technically not that close, but as big as this monster is and how fast it blew up, nothing is impossible. if it gets to twin bridges and the winds create a vortex up that canyon, all bets are off... nothing but fuel out there

[FirstLight]

2. hope this works...here's the webcam from the mountain lookout

https://fb.watch/7t0L1cHw8U/

[Kaleva]

3. Wow! Thanks for posting that.

[jeffreyi]

4. Hang in there.

But not for too long. It will be difficult when everyone gets the idea to leave at the same time. This period of northerly winds might be a window.

[FirstLight]

5. Cleared significantly today, the winds had me worried last night

Though the forecast si for it to shift again and come back over Fri/Sat

I work at a hotel so we're doing a lot of cancellations... Im on from 3-11 tonight... ug

and I work Fri/Sat too...so Im not evacuating unless I have to.

At least the clearing means they can do more from the air. It's really steep terrain, canyonos full of fuels It's gonna be so sad when I drive down that way again and see all of it. Sad that CA has become the land of fires and drought, as much of the west.