While South Lake Tahoe has been downgraded to an evacuation warning, many other parts of El Dorado County remain under an evacuation order.
This includes everything within the city limits, the area north of State Highway 50 between the Nevada state line and the Lake Tahoe airport, and all properties on both sides of Highway 89 from Emerald Bay north through Tahoma, among a few other spots in El Dorado County. The repopulation of South Lake Tahoe began on Sunday afternoon after the evacuation order for the city of more than 20,000 people was downgraded to an evacuation warning. 27, Cal Fire said.Įxplore a map of current Caldor Fire activity:Ĭlear here to view larger map (or if not loading on mobile)Ĭontainment on the Caldor Fire improved over Labor Day weekend to 44% as fire officials let people return to South Lake Tahoe.
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Full containment of the blaze is expected by Sept. 14 near Grizzly Flats, has destroyed at least 776 homes and devoured more than 216,000 acres. Ernst, though, said crews had just done firing operations near homes in that area - referring to the tactic of intentionally burning brush and other fuels as a preventive measure - and were now He said crews were still contending with "troublesome" areas in its northern and eastern reaches, including near Wrights Lake, northwest of Highway 50, where a tenacious offshoot of the blaze had entered Desolation Wilderness.Īnd while crews in the basin made incremental progress beefing up containment efforts near Heavenly Mountain Resort, staving off any major structural damage in the vicinity, the eastern flank of the blaze continued to push against the Highway 88 corridor, posing a lingering threat to the Kirkwood Mountain Resort community. (Cal Fire via Facebook)īut even as communities in the South Lake Tahoe basin and other recently evacuated areas returned home this weekend, Ernst noted the blaze was far from quenched. So that's a great accomplishment." A screenshot of Cal Fire Incident Commander Tim Ernst during Tuesday morning's Caldor Fire update, as he points to hard-fought black containment lines along the blaze's southern and southwestern flank. "As a matter of fact, yesterday we didn't have any significant runs of the fire that pushed any of those containment lines, nor did we have any significant spots. "Which means we don't expect any movement of the fire outside those containment lines," said Cal Fire Operations Section Chief Tim Ernst, proudly pointing to the solid black containment lines ringing most of the southern and southwestern sections of the perimeter, nearly up the Highway 50 corridor to Kyburz. 7.ĭespite rising temperatures and low humidity, fire crews made steady progress in an ongoing quest to subdue the massive Caldor Fire, with almost 50% of the voracious blaze contained as of Tuesday morning.
27, was continually updated through Sept. Follow Cal Fire AEU on Twitter for up-to-date information. Find the latest on evacuation orders and warnings, including a map from the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office, as well as current shelter information for evacuees.
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