Parker Wilbourn, another public information officer on the fire. “It’s no longer burning miles upon miles in a single 12-hour period, and that just had to do with the change in weather,” he said.Īlthough it was too soon to say South Lake Tahoe was completely out of the woods, authorities were cautiously optimistic, said Capt. “So there was a little bit of divine mercy.” “If we would have had the same weather and fire behavior continue for two more days, we would have had a real problem,” said Dominic Polito, a public information officer on the fire. They credited a combination of aggressive firefighting tactics, improved weather conditions and past efforts to prepare the landscape for wildfire. No structures burned in South Lake Tahoe, and crews were also able to save homes in Christmas Valley and Meyers.įirefighters had carved containment lines around more than a third of the blaze. The fire is now 43% contained.Ĭrews made a stand in Christmas Valley and held the fire south of Meyers in the northern Sierra Nevada. Tens of thousands of residents and visitors fled, gridlocking traffic along Highway 50.īut the danger appeared to have largely abated Saturday, as authorities said the fight against the 214,112-acre blaze seemed to have turned a corner. Forecasters warned of gusty winds and bone-dry conditions that could push it further toward populated areas, raising fears of an urban conflagration. The fire spotted over a granite ridge that officials had hoped would keep flames from spreading into the Tahoe Basin.
OL19355543W Page_number_confidence 82.74 Pages 758 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.14 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20210625182428 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 754 Scandate 20210623122248 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9781406332933 Tts_version 4.Things looked grim for South Lake Tahoe as the Caldor fire barreled toward the treasured resort community this week.
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