The fire has been extremely active amid hot, gusty weather and with vegetation parched and dry from drought conditions. Yosemite rangers give the green light for hikers to knock down cairns.Horoscope for Wednesday, 7/26/23 by Christopher Renstrom.Bay Area dad shot and killed at fast food drive-thru, police say.The fight over Death Valley's 134-degree temperature record heats up.Unauthorized BART film sells out San Francisco theater.Horoscope for Tuesday, 7/25/23 by Christopher Renstrom.168-year-old California newspaper files for bankruptcy, lays off all staff.‘S-t hit the fan’: Tahoe’s young people may not come back.Wildfires are burning across Northern California amid hot, bone-dry weather. Saturday just south of Pollock Pines in El Dorado County, 4 miles south of the small town of Grizzly Flats and 2 miles east of the unincorporated community of Omo Ranch. The blaze exploded from 2,261 acres Monday night to 6,500 acres Tuesday morning, burning through heavy timber in a steep river canyon, Cal Fire said. The Caldor Fire broke out Saturday about 40 miles southwest of Lake Tahoe, as the crow flies. Traffic is backed up all along Sly Park Rd heading toward Hwy 50 as residents evacuate #CaldorFire /UudSUzvhTk- Scott Rodd August 17, 2021 The forestwide closure will be in effect through Sept. The El Dorado National Forest issued an emergency order Tuesday night closing the national forest because of extreme fire behavior. CapRadio journalist Scott Rodd shared a video Tuesday of traffic backed up along Sly Park Road.Ĭaltrans District 3 posted updates on Twitter on Wednesday, relaying information about road closures and showing low visibility on roadways. Roadways in the region were clogged with traffic Tuesday and Wednesday as residents fled. The California Highway Patrol warned Highway 50, a main artery between South Lake Tahoe and Sacramento, may close overnight, but it appeared to be open Wednesday afternoon. Wednesday the Grass Valley Air Attack Base was closing because of near zero visibility.Įvacuee Jeff Madeira, left, listens to an emergency radio scanner at the Pollock Pines Shell Gas Station as the Caldor Fire burns in El Dorado County, Calif., Tuesday, Aug. The community of Kyburz was also given evacuation orders. Officials ordered residents in Pollock Pines to evacuate late Tuesday, and crews fought flames overnight to protect the town of about 7,000 people near Highway 50. Both were taken from the Grizzly Flats area by air ambulance to a hospital. Two civilians were seriously injured in the blaze, Cal Fire said in a statement Tuesday evening. Ethan Swope/APįire officials said an unknown number of structures were destroyed, but Sacramento Bee reporters on the ground in Grizzly Flats (population 1,200) found an elementary school, a church, a post office and other buildings in ruins. In this long exposure photo, embers fly from burning trees as the Caldor Fire grows on Mormom Emigrant Trail east of Sly Park, Calif., on Tuesday, Aug.
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