Fallen leaf lake caldor fire5/30/2023 SOUTH LAKE TAHOE - The Caldor Fire roared through drought-dried timber as it headed toward South Lake Tahoe Monday, reaching into the basin and forcing the city’s 22,000 residents to evacuate. Brontë Wittpenn/The Chronicle Show More Show Less The threat of encroaching flames from the Caldor Fire set in place an evacuation order on the city of South Lake Tahoe. Brontë Wittpenn/The Chronicle Show More Show Less 18 of18įlames engulf a group of trees off Highway 50 toward South Lake Tahoe, Calif. Hand crews monitor the perimeter next to Echo Summit Lodge near South Lake Tahoe, Calif. Brontë Wittpenn/The Chronicle Show More Show Less 17 of18 Due to the threat of encroaching wildfire flames from the Caldor Fire, evacuation orders were issued Monday afternoon for all of South Lake Tahoe. Victor Salas Jr.,15, sits on top of his car as he waits in evacuation traffic on Highway 50 out of South Lake Tahoe, Calif. Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The Chronicle Show More Show Less 16 of18 Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The Chronicle Show More Show Less 15 of18Įmergency personnel stage on a turnout off Highway 50 as smoke from the Caldor Fire blows downhill near Echo Summit, Calif., on Monday, August 30, 2021. Lake in preparation for the Caldor Fire around Echo Lake, Calif., on Monday, August 30, 2021. Carlos Avila Gonzalez/The Chronicle Show More Show Less 14 of18įirefighters cut lines on the hillside above Echo. The Caldor Fire reached the Echo Lake Camp firefighters. Brontë Wittpenn/The Chronicle Show More Show Less 13 of18 Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The Chronicle Show More Show Less 12 of18Īs a group of trees begin to catch fire, Mark Salerno of Iron Mountain hand crew sets fire to create a fire break near Echo Summit Lodge near South Lake Tahoe. Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The Chronicle Show More Show Less 11 of18Ī bear wood carving is all that’s left in a residential area near Sierra At Tahoe in the devastation left by the Caldor Fire around Twin Bridges, Calif., on Monday, August 30, 2021. Brontë Wittpenn/The Chronicle Show More Show Less 10 of18Ī structure that was destroyed by fire at Sierra At Tahoe In the devastation left by the Caldor Fire around Twin Bridges, Calif., on Monday, August 30, 2021. Brontë Wittpenn/The Chronicle Show More Show Less 9 of18Ī snow maker drenches a slope-facing patio in efforts to protect it from the Caldor Fire at Sierra-at-Tahoe ski resort in Twin Bridges, Calif. The blaze ripped through the area Sunday evening, destroying dozens of homes and threatening many more. Only a chimney stack remains after a blaze from the Caldor Fire ripped through a neighborhood off of Tamarack and Alpine avenues in Twin Bridges, Calif. Brontë Wittpenn/The Chronicle Show More Show Less 8 of18 Jornada / Special to The Chronicle Show More Show Less 7 of18Ī for sale sign can be seen at the end of a driveway where a home was destroyed by the Caldor Fire in Twin Bridges, Calif. Mel Smothers (right) and wife Liz Hansen were stuck for two hours on eastbound Highway 50. South Lake Tahoe residents evacuated their homes Monday as the Caldor Fire approached. Carlos Avila Gonzalez/The Chronicle Show More Show Less 5 of18 Show More Show Less 6 of18 Carlos Avila Gonzalez/The Chronicle Show More Show Less 4 of18 Firefighters monitor the advancing fire as it approaches Mormon Emigrant Trail near Hwy 88 outside Shingleton Springs, Calif., on Sunday, August 29, 2021. Carlos Avila Gonzalez/The Chronicle Show More Show Less 3 of18Ī firefighter monitors a back burn along Highway 50 next to a home that was partially wrapped in foil as crews continued structure prevention at the Caldor Fire in Strawberry, Calif. Brontë Wittpenn/The Chronicle Show More Show Less 2 of18Ī home survived the flames after it was wrapped in foil as other structures nearby were destroyed in a residential area near Sierra At Tahoe in the devastation left by the Caldor Fire. Three-year-old Madeleine Castellanos and her mother wait in an evacuation line on Highway 50 in South Lake Tahoe on Monday due to the threat of encroaching wildfire flames from the Caldor Fire.
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