I think the team is doing an excellent job of trying to stay in front of a very evolving fire.Today it let loose."Ĭal Fire Operations Section Chief Erich Schwab said clearing skies Sunday triggered soaring pyrocumulus clouds that whipped up the flames along the eastern edge of the massive blaze. "Today has been a rough day," said El Dorado National Forest Supervisor Jeff Marsolais at a Sunday night news conference. Incident Information, Evacuations, Road Closures.Flames threatened the Sierra-at-Tahoe ski resort where giant snowmaking machines were used to wet down the grounds and 25 additional strike teams were rushed into the fight keep flames from roaring into South Lake Tahoe.Īs a precaution, officials also used school buses and ambulances to evacuate Barton Memorial Hospital in South Lake Tahoe. On Sunday night, residents in Myers, Fallen Leaf Lake, Kirkwood and Christmas Valley were told to leave their homes immediately as cabins burned near Camp Sacramento. Over 24,000 residents have been forced from their homes in the small communities that line Highway 50 - a major traffic artery connecting Sacramento and South Lake Tahoe. So far, the flames have destroyed 472 homes - many of them residences in the fire-ravaged community of Grizzly Flats - and was threatening another 21,451 structures. #CAwx #CAfire /X4UH8xntNw- NWS Sacramento August 30, 2021 ⚠️Red Flag Warning now in effect and has been extended ?Īre you prepared for wildfire? Visit for preparedness tips. The El Dorado County Sheriff's Department earlier issued mandatory evacuation orders for the western shore of Lake Tahoe Monday morning from Emerald Bay to Tahoma on the Placer County line and then west to the border of the Desolation Wilderness.Īlso included in the order was the residential and commercial area leading up to and including the Highway 50 intersection with Lake Tahoe Boulevard - a popular turnoff to head to the casinos located in Stateline - and the area east of Pioneer Trail and south to Heavenly Valley ski resort.
"When there's a warning, you put everything in the car and you go, or you wait for the order and you go. Be ready now, before there's a warning," said Porter. Porter urged those who are in evacuation warning areas to consider evacuating early, before a mandatory evacuation order is issued. So we really need to be cognizant that there is fire activity happening in California that we have never seen before." Two times in our history and they're both happening this month. "We did that with the Dixie, now we have with the Caldor. "We haven't had wildfires burn from one side of the Sierras to another," said Porter. It also marked the second time a wildfire had traversed one end of the Sierra to the other, yet another example of the state's unprecedented wildfire situation. Porter said after flames reached Twin Bridges and the Sierra-at-Tahoe ski area, fire was now inside the Tahoe basin with spot fires happening in Lower Echo Lake, Aloha Lake and Desolation Wilderness areas.
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