![]() ![]() If the fire continues pushing east, the terrain just west of Highway 207 is steep, rugged and too dangerous for firefighters to work in, Beale said, “however, we’re trying to make this footprint as small as possible on the landscape. Forest Service have a contingency plan to create a containment zone by using Nevada Highways 207 and 206 down to California Highway 88 into Alpine County. Reproduced from CAL FIRE Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. SOUTH LAKE TAHOE (CBS SF) - A wall of flames from the Caldor Fire roared over Echo Summit at Highway 50 Monday evening, racing down the mountainside toward the Lake Tahoe Basin where thousands of. On the eastern edge of the fire, Cal Fire and the U.S. 14 in a remote area of the Eldorado forest, about 10 miles south of Highway 50 the cause remains under. Perhaps as alarming: we discovered the slow down was fueled, in part, by infighting between the U.S. The Caldor fire is moving toward Nevada, prompting evacuations, while firefighters in the South Lake Tahoe area try to 'herd' flames away from homes and structures. Could the Caldor Fire have been stopped The Caldor Fire started just before 7 p.m. ![]() “So, we’re actively engaged way up high here into the wilderness trying to make sure we don’t get any more of the fire to spread to the west.” 30, more than two weeks after it was ignited dozens of miles away, the Caldor fire lurched over the Sierra Nevada mountains and began pushing toward Lake Tahoe, one of California’s most. In the week we were there, the Caldor Fire grew by 40,000 acres. ![]() “One of our big fears is there’s a potential for an easterly wind moving into this later this weekend,” Beale said pointing to a map of the fire. KYBURZ (CBS SF) - Gusty up-canyon winds whipped up the Caldor Fire along Highway 50 as firefighters engaged flames near the mountain community of. He said a lot of aircraft were dropping fire retardant on the area, partnered with dozers and hand crews to keep the flames from moving in a westerly direction. Evacuations continue to be lifted around the Caldor Fire, including Tuesday in the Crystal Basin and around Kirkwood. During a Wednesday evening briefing, Beale said flames “came back to life” north of Highway 50 and were pushing toward Wrights Lake, just east of Kyburz in El Dorado County. ![]()
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