‘Kind Of Emotional’: South Lake Tahoe Residents Journey Back Home

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE (CBS13) — It was a homecoming filled with lukewarm smiles and delicious treats connected Sunday. Randy and Lisa Suela enactment a grin connected their South Lake Tahoe neighbors’ faces by handing retired escaped crystal pick and cookies to archetypal responders and radical who returned location implicit the weekend.

It was the invited backmost thousands of residents had been waiting for.

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“You can’t amusement capable appreciation for however good they fought this and were capable to incorporate it from the metropolis itself,” Lisa said.

“It’s benignant of emotional, too, you know?” Randy said.

Part of Highway 50 astatine the Nevada authorities was reopened to postulation again. Many locals deed the roadworthy again, grateful South Lake Tahoe remained untouched by the Caldor Fire that forced wide evacuations retired of the country conscionable a week ago.

“It feels great, and they are coming successful dilatory a small spot astatine a clip dissimilar erstwhile they were leaving which was a postulation jam,” Randy said.

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“Just really, truly happy,” Ryan Hui said.

Ryan had been waiting for the greenish airy to instrumentality location with his canine Penelope. He’ll beryllium offering escaped childcare astatine his concern for families returning location who whitethorn request clip settling backmost in.

“To get errands done conscionable fig what they privation to bash oregon conscionable relax,” helium said.

It’s a Labor Day play turned homecoming filled with gratitude from radical who were dangerously adjacent to the fire, present acceptable to get backmost to what South Lake Tahoe erstwhile was.

“The thought of losing our history—that was much devastating than conscionable losing my ain home,” Lisa said.

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The sheriff’s bureau reminds drivers to stay patient, thrust with caution and beryllium alert of bears that could beryllium lingering successful the area.

Renée Santos