while swarms of gnats and flies swooped down from the fire’s edge, suggesting that even the bugs were leaving town.
Wildland fires can typically burn up to about 1,500 degrees, Kolden said, while structure fires can burn closer to 3,600.Residents in the basin were tracking the fire’s movement for days, with many hunkering down with air purifiers to mitigate yellow-gray smoke. Some said they were concerned that a mass evacuation would lead to chaos, as much of Highway 50 is closed and there aren’t many roads out of Tahoe.as residents fled east into Nevada and were caught in an hours-long traffic jam.
The granite ridge that overlooks the Tahoe basin could have some mitigating effects on the fire, officials said. Unlike lower elevations populated by hot-burning manzanita brush, ponderosa pine and cedar trees, the ridge is characterized by fir trees and more spare, open areas that can help slow the fire’s spread.Caldor fire spokesman Jason Hunter said the fire had been spotting — or generating wind-blown sparks, which can create new fires — at half-mile distances in recent days.
Concern about the potential for disaster is mounting far beyond Tahoe’s typically emerald shores. The fire’s advance has alarmed President Biden’s administration, which has otherwise been preoccupied by“We are tracking the wildfires,” White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said at Monday’s press briefing. She added, “We will continue to assess if additional resources are needed.”
In addition, the National Interagency Fire Center has requested that about 200 active-duty U.S. Army soldiers be deployed to serve as firefighting hand crews. They were scheduled to be trained over the next week and sent to fire lines in Northern California in early September, the fire center said in a news release.Chief Thom Porter, of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, said that before this year, no fire was known to have burned from one side of the Sierra to the other.
good
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Caldor Fire Forces Evacuations in South Lake TahoeEvacuation warnings were issued Sunday for the southern part of the Lake Tahoe Basin, in South Lake Tahoe (corrects an earlier tweet, which has been deleted, that incorrectly stated warnings were issued for the entire basin) Please click to join and discuss fire fighting with the locals: thanks Thank you for deleting the old tweet and updating the story headline. As you can imagine, there's a lot of chaos here. And it's really important that people who don't need to evacuate stay home - so those who do need to go can make it out of the basin safely.
Source: WSJ - 🏆 98. / 63 Read more »
Wildfire forces thousands from popular Lake Tahoe resortSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — Thousands of people rushed to get out of South Lake Tahoe as the entire tourist resort city came under evacuation orders and wildfire raced toward the large freshwater lake of Lake Tahoe, which straddles California and Nevada. Awful. 🙁 lynn32187 Oh no! I have focused on New Orleans & Ida since my son decided to stay. Now, back to CA. I’m so sorry for everyone living w Climate Change 😪😢 Crushing, heartbreaking, devastating, unbelievable💔
Source: AP - 🏆 728. / 51 Read more »
Suben temperaturas mientras incendio se acerca a Lake Tahoe; las llamas arrasaban con las montañasMás 15.200 bomberos combaten más de una decena de incendios de gran tamaño a lo largo y ancho de California nice
Source: latimes - 🏆 11. / 82 Read more »
Lake Tahoe threatened by massive fire, more ordered to fleeFire officials order more evacuations around the Tahoe Basin as a two-week old blaze encroached on the threatened mountain towns surrounding Lake Tahoe. good Wonder if Viet Nam style 'Daisy Cutter' would help?
Source: ABC - 🏆 471. / 51 Read more »
Air quality in Lake Tahoe area considered extremely unhealthy dur to Caldor Fire: WHOThe air quality near the Lake Tahoe area is nearly 40 times what the World Health Organization deems unhealthy, due to the thick smoke from the Caldor Fire. KaynaWhitworth To bad California does not control their brush overgrowth. KaynaWhitworth It's a ghost town, except for that truck that just drove by...😂 KaynaWhitworth 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Source: ABC - 🏆 471. / 51 Read more »
Lake Tahoe threatened by massive fire, more ordered to fleeSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — Fire officials ordered more evacuations around the Tahoe Basin Sunday evening as crews dealt with a two-week old blaze they said was “more aggressive than anticipated,' and continued to edge toward the pristine waters of Lake Tahoe. The Caldor Fire was just 19% contained after burning nearly 245 square miles, an area larger than Chicago. More than 600 structures have been destroyed and at least 18,000 more were under threat. horrible No chance in hell it reaches Heavenly and the casinos..
Source: AP - 🏆 728. / 51 Read more »