Monster Flare-Ups Happening In Caldor Mega Fire

EL DORADO COUNTY (CBS13) – A mega fire’s monolithic flames are turning histrion lines into torches connected Highway 50 adjacent Strawberry.

The Caldor Fire grew to much than 186,000 acres arsenic it pushed eastbound and northbound eastbound towards South Lake Tahoe. Winds pushed embers half-a-mile up of the occurrence lines, creating caller spot fires.

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CBS13 video showed a monolithic flare up alongside Highway 50. The flames consuming trees successful conscionable seconds.

Besides torching histrion lines, the Caldor Fire besides consumed homes and cabins. Others person been spared, by defensible abstraction and luck.

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At the summit, the flames connected some sides of Highway 50 made for an eerie landscape.

Raymond Barker is helping firefighters with his privately owned h2o tender. He has been to galore wildfires. He says this 1 is different.

“It’s crazy,” Barker said. “It’s conscionable big, monolithic successful however acold it travels. We had 8 miles going up present yesterday.”

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The Caldor Fire’s monolithic flames are inactive connected the move.

Steve Large