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EL DORADO COUNTY (CBS13/AP) — Here is the latest connected the Caldor Fire burning successful El Dorado County:
6:33 a.m.
The Caldor Fire remained precise progressive done the night.
This is however the flames looked from Echo Summit, looking eastbound astatine the hillside supra Highway 89 implicit Christmas Valley:
Video I changeable this greeting from EchoSummit looking East, hillside supra Hwy89 supra Christmas Valley #CALDORFIRE #CaliforniaWildfires . @GoodDaySac @CBSSacramento @CBSTopNews @KPIXtv @allyaredas pic.twitter.com/KAVrRmRFjf
— DG (@CameraGuyDave1) September 1, 2021
Cal Fire’s adjacent incidental briefing astir the concern surrounding the occurrence is scheduled for 7 a.m. Anyone tin ticker the briefing unrecorded astatine this link.
Previous day’s (Aug. 31) updates below:
7:11 p.m.
New accusation from Cal Fire shows the Caldor Fire has burned 199,632 acres and is 18% contained.
#CaldorFire 7:00 p.m. Incident Update for August 31, 2021 @CAL_FIRE 2/2 pic.twitter.com/6oiQe0u8P3
— CAL FIRE AEU (@CALFIREAEU) September 1, 2021
6:37 p.m.
The structure for evacuees that was astatine the Gardnerville Seniors’ Center has been closed and has been moved to the Reno Sparks Convention Center.
The entity implicit Douglas County, NV is wholly orangish arsenic the @RedCross moves their evacuation halfway to the Reno Sparks Convention Center connected S. Virginia St. successful Reno. @CBSSacramento https://t.co/Kad0FVnzQ5 pic.twitter.com/FmXW50ps9T
— Laura Haefeli (@LauraHaefeli) September 1, 2021
5 p.m.
4 p.m.
An evacuation informing has present been issued implicit the Nevada State Line successful Douglas County.
2:14 p.m.
South Lake Tahoe residents who inactive looking for a spot to enactment aft being evacuated from the metropolis are present being asked to caput to the Reno/Sparks Convention Center astatine 4590 S. Virginia St., Reno, NV 89502.
All the different shelters successful the contiguous country are astatine capacity, South Lake Tahoe metropolis officials say.
12:56 p.m.
CBS13’s cameras captured a carnivore arsenic it was moving done the Christmas Valley vicinity to flight the Caldor Fire.
Bear escaping the #caldorfire successful Christmas Valley @GoodDaySac @CBSSacramento @TVcody pic.twitter.com/EAphTludQx
— Rachel Wulff (@rachelwulff) August 31, 2021
10:06 a.m.
Fire crews are continuing to enactment hard to effort and prevention homes successful the Meyers and Christmas Valley areas.
One homeowner disconnected Cheyenne Drive near a enactment connected his garage.
The enactment reads: “Next brew is connected me! Thank you for each you do. “Heroes” does not bash justness to your efforts.”
Home proprietor disconnected Cheyenne Dr near this enactment connected his garage. Well, I tin attest, crews moving precise hard to prevention homes successful area. @GoodDaySac @CBSSacramento @allyaredas @JohnDabkovich @kncitom #CaldorFire #CaliforniaWildfires @CBSTopNews pic.twitter.com/3ovHaIh4hH
— DG (@CameraGuyDave1) August 31, 2021
For the moment, winds are moving successful favour of firefighters. Crews are lighting backfires to prevention homes.
8:31 a.m.
Crews lit backfires to assistance halt the beforehand of flames into 1 Meyers neighborhood.
Our lensman Dave Grashoff was on Ottawa Drive each Tuesday morning, capturing the flames arsenic they glowed and grew person to immoderate homes successful the area.
With the upwind cooperating by blowing the flames distant from the neighborhood, firefighters worked rapidly to lit immoderate backfires.
By sunrise, speech from immoderate fume successful the area, the vicinity was calm and safe.
Firefighters from astir the state are helping successful the conflict against the Caldor Fire.
7:17 a.m.
Cal Fire says the Caldor Fire has present grown to 191,607 acres arsenic of Tuesday morning.
Containment present stands astatine 16 percent arsenic well.
Flames person reached Christmas Valley and are inching person to Meyers.
A look astatine the camera from Sierra astatine Tahoe this greeting — flames from the #CaldorFire person reached Christmas Valley (down the elevation from Echo Summit) and are inching person to Meyers. @CBSSacramento @GoodDaySac pic.twitter.com/fDCfQR1puK
— Dina Kupfer (@DinaKupfer) August 31, 2021
In South Lake Tahoe and Stateline, the country is precise smoky and eerily quiet.
A smokey and unusual aboriginal greeting successful South Lake Tahoe. @KPIXtv @CBSSacramento @CBSNews #caldorefire pic.twitter.com/c1T4a0tlOr
— Anne Makovec (@AnneKPIX) August 31, 2021
A Red Flag Warning remains successful effect done 11 p.m. Wednesday.
Previous day’s (Aug. 30) updates below:
7:00 p.m.
The Caldor Fire has burned 186,568 acres and is 15% contained. Firefighters expect to person afloat containment of the occurrence connected September 13. It is threatening 33,679 structures.
Evening Update from the Caldor Fire 8/30/21 pic.twitter.com/aX6EKf8nyK
— CAL FIRE AEU (@CALFIREAEU) August 31, 2021
6:36 p.m.
These places are accepting evacuees successful RVs and campers successful Truckee:
- Truckee River Regional Park (10050 Brockway Road)
- Truckee Rodeo Grounds (10695 Brockway Road)
- Village Green Mobile Home Park (11070 Brockway Road)
5:54 p.m.
Cal Fire has created a web leafage with links to pages with resources for those affected by the Caldor Fire. You tin find it here.
This Lake Tahoe area-specific update was provided astatine astir 5:30 p.m.
5:20 p.m.
This wide update connected the occurrence was provided astatine astir 5 p.m.
Watch: Here’s the latest from CBS13 connected occurrence evacuations.
4:31 p.m.
The Placer County Sheriff’s Office says they’re getting questions astir evacuations on the Placer County broadside of Lake Tahoe adjacent Tahoma. There are nary evacuations successful spot presently for that area, though it is being intimately monitored.
3:07 p.m.
The pursuing Evacuation Orders person been downgraded to Evacuation Warnings successful El Dorado County:
- Pipi – East of North South Road from Omo Ranch to Cat Creek and eastbound to Highway 88 1 mile eastbound of Omo Ranch Road.
- Cosumnes – This is simply a tiny conception southbound of Farnham Ridge, northbound of the Amador/El Dorado County Line, and eastbound of Bridgeport School Road.
- Cement Hill – Cement Hill area, southbound of Omo Ranch southbound to Farnham Ridge Road.
- Farnham Ridge – The eastbound extremity of Omo Ranch Road southbound to the Amador County Line.
The pursuing Evacuation Warnings person been lifted successful Amador County:
- South of the El Dorado-Amador County enactment with a occidental borderline of Shenandoah Road.
- Southern borderline of Fiddletown Road, Hale Road and Charleston Road. Eastern borderline of Shake Ridge Road and Rams Horn Grade/.
- South of the El Dorado-Amador County enactment with a occidental borderline of Shake Ridge Road and Rams Horn Grade.
- Southern borderline of the intersection of Charleston Road and Rams Horn Grade, owed eastbound to Highway 88 astatine Tiger Creek Road.
- Eastern borderline of Hwy 88 astatine Omo Ranch Road to Highway 88 astatine Tiger Creek Road.
Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care says that, arsenic a precautionary move, it has evacuated staff, animals, and enactment teams from its facility. If you person an carnal oregon request support, interaction the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. CDFW’s Wildlife incidental Reporting strategy astatine http://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/WIR/Default.aspx oregon (916) 358-2900
2:53 p.m.
South Lake Tahoe constabulary accidental they recognize that radical are frustrated with the postulation to get retired of the metropolis astatine the moment, but determination are respective reasons wherefore the other lane of Highway 50 remains unfastened to postulation heading in.
In a video posted to their Facebook page, Lt. Tony Cabral with South Lake Tahoe constabulary explained that archetypal responders are inactive traveling into the area. Further, others helping the area’s susceptible colonisation are besides inactive driving in.
Cabral noted that authorities expected the postulation backup, which is wherefore they issued the evacuation orders astatine the clip they did Monday morning.
There is simply a contingency program that could beryllium enactment into spot if they request to get radical retired of postulation fast, Cabral said.
2:09 p.m.
South Lake Tahoe residents who bash not person entree to a conveyance oregon different proscription are being advised that the TTD Bus Routes 50 and 55 are continuing to tally and volition beryllium taking radical to a Red Cross Evacuation Shelter.
These buses volition let for pets arsenic agelong arsenic they are successful carriers oregon kennels. People are besides being asked to bounds their carry-ons to 4 items, including a favored carrier. Face masks are besides required and volition beryllium provided if idiosyncratic doesn’t person one.
El Dorado County residents are besides being urged to motion up for the county’s Code Red alert strategy truthful that they tin beryllium updated connected the latest exigency information: https://public.coderedweb.com/CNE/en-US/BF6E025EBFDC
1:26 p.m.
Traffic is backing up successful South Lake Tahoe aft residents were ordered to permission owed to the Caldor Fire.
Vehicles are backed up each the mode to Julie Lane, past The Y, aft each of South Lake Tahoe came nether mandator evacuation orders Monday morning.
California Highway Patrol urges radical to person patience. Traffic remains moving.
US-50 / Lake Tahoe Blvd is dilatory owed to merging postulation astatine Stateline. Have patience, postulation is moving.
— CHP South Lake Tahoe (@CHPSouthLake) August 30, 2021
12:38 p.m.
All radical who were successful custody astatine the South Lake Tahoe Jail person been transferred to the Placerville Jail, the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office says.
The transfers happened overnight erstwhile the country was fixed an evacuation warning, the sheriff’s bureau says.
11:13 a.m.
Per Cal Fire’s latest map, each of South Lake Tahoe is present nether evacuation orders owed to the Caldor Fire.
Caldor Fire Evacuation Order for 8/30/21 astatine 11:00 a.m. pic.twitter.com/g1WxBKeWds
— CAL FIRE AEU (@CALFIREAEU) August 30, 2021
11 a.m.
Barton Hospital is present closed, including its exigency department, aft the Caldor Fire prompted mandatory evacuation orders successful astir of South Lake Tahoe connected Monday morning.
The time before, the infirmary announced that it would beryllium evacuating each of its patients to different facilities successful the area. Its exigency section did enactment open, with the country lone nether an evacuation informing astatine the time.
However, the concern changed Monday greeting and astir of South Lake Tahoe is present nether mandatory evacuation orders.
Barton Hospital officials enactment that its exigency section has moved to the Lake Tahoe Surgery Center down the Round Hill/Safeway Shopping Center successful Zephyr Cove.
#2-The Emergency Department has moved to Lake Tahoe Surgery Center down the Round Hill/ Safeway Shopping Center (212 Elks Point Rd #201, Zephyr Cove, NV 89448). Emergency services are disposable for patients 24/7 astatine this location. (cont…)
— Barton Health (@BartonHealth) August 30, 2021
10:19 a.m.
Most of South Lake Tahoe is present nether mandatory evacuation orders.
After being antecedently near retired of the evacuation country successful Cal Fire’s precocious greeting update, the Tahoe Keys, Tahoe Island, Al Tahoe, Sierra Tract, and Bijou areas are present nether mandatory evacuation orders.
Caldor Fire Evacuation Order – 8/30/21 10:00 a.m. pic.twitter.com/CARGD8NAT8
— CAL FIRE AEU (@CALFIREAEU) August 30, 2021
9:59 a.m.
A slew of caller evacuation orders person been issued successful El Dorado County owed to the Caldor Fire.
Residents of the pursuing areas are present being told to leave:
Tahoma: From Emerald Bay northbound to the Placer County enactment successful Tahoma, extending westbound to the borderline of Desolation Wilderness.
Fallen Leaf: From Sawmill Road astatine Lake Tahoe Boulevard northbound to Pope Beach. Also, on the water’s borderline to Eagle Point, and from Eagle Point westbound to Desolation Wilderness crossed Emerald Bay.
Pioneer: North of Elks Club on Highway 50 and the westbound broadside of Pioneer Trail. This includes the streets of Hekpa, but excludes the residences westbound of the airdrome for now.
Gardner Mountain: Northwest of the South Lake Tahoe Airport and westbound of the Highway 50/Lake Tahoe Boulevard and Highway 89 intersection. This includes South Lake Tahoe High School, Tahoe Verde, and streets 5th-15th southbound of Highway 89.
Trimmer: East of Pioneer Trail to the Alpine County Line, stopping southbound of Heavenly Ski Resort. This excludes each residences disconnected of Pioneer Trail.
9:25 a.m.
Cal Fire’s latest operations update connected the Caldor Fire tin beryllium recovered here:
7:45 a.m.
The Caldor Fire has grown by astir 10,000 acres since the past update Sunday night.
As of Monday morning, Cal Fire reports that the Caldor Fire is present a full of 177,260 acres. It is 14 percent contained.
6:35 a.m.
Forecasters are informing that westbound to southwest winds volition beryllium expanding implicit the adjacent mates of days – inevitably starring to invigorated occurrence enactment for some the Caldor and Dixie wildfires.
A Red Flag Warning is acceptable to spell into effect astatine 11 a.m. Monday and past done astir of Tuesday night. Winds gusts are expected to beryllium successful the 20-35 mph range.
Increasing westbound to southwest winds volition invigorate occurrence enactment crossed the Caldor and Dixie fires the adjacent mates days. Downwind areas volition proceed to spot prolonged periods of mediocre aerial prime similar South Lake Tahoe and portions of Lassen and Plumas Counties. pic.twitter.com/jS0ke2EXE8
— NWS Reno (@NWSReno) August 30, 2021
Due to the processing situation, the City of South Lake Tahoe announced connected Monday greeting they person closed each metropolis operations and facilities until further notice. Only the city’s nationalist information and Emergency Operations Center remains open.
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