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https://www.thedailybeast.com/lake-tahoe-threatened-as-thousands-flee-caldor-fire?ref=home
It Let Loose: Thousands Flee as Fire Races Toward Lake Tahoe
BLAZING SPEED
Jamie Ross
News Correspondent
Published Aug. 30, 2021 4:50AM ET
Reuters/Fred Greaves
Fire crews around Californias Tahoe Basin initially thought they would be able to stop the Caldor Fire from reaching the mountain towns around Lake Tahoenow, after the blaze exploded Sunday, they sound much more pessimistic. Todays been a rough day and theres no bones about it, Jeff Marsoleis, forest supervisor for El Dorado National Forest, said Sunday. Marsoleis said crews had been slowing the fires eastern progress, but today it let loose. According to the Associated Press, all residents on the California side of the basin have been told to evacuate the area. The Caldor Fire has been raging for two weeks and has reduced around 245 square miles to ashes. Cal Fire Division Chief Erich Schwab said: To put it in perspective, weve been seeing about a half-mile of movement on the fires perimeter each day for the last couple of weeks, and today, this has already moved at 2.5 miles on us, with no sign that its starting to slow down.
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'It Let Loose': Thousands Flee as Fire Races Toward Lake Tahoe (Original Post)
babylonsister
Aug 2021
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Solly Mack
(90,758 posts)1. K&R
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)2. I believe South Lake Tahoe's under an evacuation warning only.
So hard for the people losing homes they love.
BSdetect
(8,994 posts)3. The terrain makes it really difficult to contain.
Winds are predicted to increase.
South Lake Tahoe has many trees so embers could become a problem
Firefighters will be exhausted.
Hekate
(90,524 posts)4. KnR
70sEraVet
(3,472 posts)5. Watching for news of hurricanes on this side of the country,
it is a little jarring to be reminded of the ongoing devastation of fires on the other side.