The Caldor Fire continued to close in on South Lake Tahoe, Calif., on Tuesday, transforming a popular ski resort area into a hellish vision of climate change.
So far, more than 191,600 acres are burning in the Caldor Fire across the mountainous region that borders the largest Alpine lake in North America, forcing widespread evacuations and leaving ski resorts to try to counter flames using water sprayed from snow-making machines.
“It is imperative that residents in the impacted areas stay safe and prepare to evacuate immediately if called for by local authorities,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a Monday statement. “We thank all the heroic firefighters and first responders working around the clock to combat this rapidly spreading fire and to protect local communities across California this fire season.”
“Caldor is a real tough one for us,” Cal Fire Director Thom Porter said at a Monday news conference. “It's been burning in heavy timber in deep canyon gorge of the Highway 50 corridor between South Lake Tahoe and Sacramento, and very difficult terrain as well as conditions to fight fire.”A fire crew sent to protect roughly 150 homes in South Lake Tahoe's Christmas Valley neighborhood confronted a daunting scene, with flames scaling the trees along a 1,000-foot rock face.
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