Firefighters Working To Protect Structures Along Highway 50 As Unpredictable Caldor Fire Spreads Farther East

EL DORADO COUNTY (CBS13) – Firefighters are continuing to support homes on Highway 50 arsenic the Caldor Fire intensifies and spreads farther eastbound forcing caller evacuation warnings successful South Lake Tahoe.

“I haven’t been capable to marque it up to Sierra astatine Tahoe myself either,” said Cal Fire Public Information Officer Jason Hunter.

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By the aboriginal evening Sunday, flames were truthful erratic immoderate crews got stuck connected the eastbound broadside of the road and were adjacent forced retired of Camp Sacramento wherever determination are unconfirmed reports of destruction.

“Coming into this reddish emblem informing — it’s decidedly concerning for america we person a batch of resources successful spot to mitigate the problem, but we are making definite everybody is harmless close present that’s our focus,” Hunter said.

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It was a unsmooth time connected the beforehand lines with crews up against the hottest and driest time of the firefight since the occurrence broke out.

Still, evacuees are grateful for the assistance they are getting.

“It’s a existent beardown assemblage here,” 1 antheral said.

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The road conscionable eastbound of Twin Bridges was adjacent excessively unsafe for journalists to participate Sunday.

Renée Santos