‘The Fire Couldn’t Have Come Any Closer’: Crews Save Camp Sacramento From Caldor Fire

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EL DORADO COUNTY (CBS13) — Firefighters person saved Camp Sacramento from being ravaged by the Caldor Fire.

The fashionable campsite, which is operated by the City of Sacramento, was successful the way of the Caldor Fire implicit the weekend. More than 60 cabins, galore built successful the 1930s, and different buildings are dispersed retired crossed the 14-acre property.

Officials accidental the flames burned close up to the enactment of cabins. But, acknowledgment to the hard enactment of firefighters, each of the buildings were saved.

“The occurrence couldn’t person travel immoderate person than it did to Camp Sacramento,” said City of Sacramento Recreation Manager Jackie Beecham successful a statement.

Fire crews cleared brushwood astir the cabins and utilized h2o from the campy to unafraid hoses astatine the site.

While Camp Sacramento escaped from damage, galore cabins conscionable crossed Highway 50 were burned.

The Caldor Fire is inactive continuing to grow, truthful the Camp Sacramento spot inactive isn’t retired of wholly information conscionable yet.

“The biggest situation successful the country is the weather, topography and the adust drought conditions. Crews are exhausted arsenic they are warring the occurrence astir the clock,” said Sacramento Fire Deputy Chief Mike Taylor successful a statement.

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The facility’s campy sessions were already done for the play and unit had already evacuated past week arsenic the Caldor Fire continued to grow.