Monday, August 30, 2021

CALDOR FIRE UPDATE

by Bob Walsh

This one is getting potentially very bad.  Both Hwy 50 and Hwy 88 now closed.  Even fire trucks can't get over the Hwy 50 pass.  Kirkwood has been evacuated.  They are evacuating a hospital in South Lake Tahoe.  The fire is spotting over the crest of the Sierras onto the east side.  If it gets away from them into the Tahoe Basin it could destroy 15,000 buildings, mostly houses.  It is so smoky it is difficult or impossible to run aircraft on it.  Containment went DOWN today from 19% to 13%.  Wind tomorrow will be blowing towards the east in the morning, which is exactly what they don't want. 

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