Climate Adaptation
California Wildfire Forces Thousands to Flee South Lake Tahoe
- Popular resort town under evacuation order for Caldor Fire
- Critical fire conditions forecast for Monday and Tuesday
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Thousands of people were ordered to leave South Lake Tahoe as a fast-growing wildfire advanced toward the town, threatening one of Northern California’s tourist hubs and its surrounding resort areas.
Residents clogged the few roads that led out of the region as the Caldor Fire closed the westbound direction of a major highway that connects the city to Sacramento. The blaze was moving toward the southern side of the Lake Tahoe basin after it made an unprecedented run through bone-dry heavy timber over the weekend, California officials said.