“The fire remained active overnight due to the extremely poor humidity recovery and warm temperatures,” said a Cal Fire incident update. The fire, which was only 20% contained Wednesday morning, according to Cal Fire, has burned more than 204,000 acres. More than 53,000 people have been placed under evacuation orders, a spokesperson for the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services told CNN, as the massive blaze marches closer to the Lake Tahoe Basin. “Tonight and tomorrow (Wednesday) are critical days,” city spokesperson Lindsey Baker told CNN. The city, normally bustling with vacationers, was a gray ghost town Tuesday, with empty parking lots, closed roads and shuttered businesses as the fire’s thick smoke hovered over the area. The fire forced the evacuation of thousands of people from South Lake Tahoe and is threatening more than 34,000 structures after destroying hundreds of homes, officials have said. There’s a lot of things this fire can still do.” “But you don’t want to assume you’re completely out of the woods yet. “I think it can breathe a sigh of relief,” Lauchner said of the area. The warning is issued when an area is expected to experience hazardous fire weather that could increase activity. “We’re hoping to keep it up on the hill.”īut Wednesday could be a make or break day for the effort, he said. “At this point, we’ve been able to keep it out of South Lake Tahoe,” Lauchner said.
So we were able to do a lot of good things to protect the community of South Lake Tahoe.” The red flag warning was there, but the conditions weren’t as bad as predicted. The fire was up in the mountains, away from the main portion of the town, “which is a very good thing,” Dave Lauchner, a spokesman for Cal Fire Team 6, told CNN. Firefighters have been able to make some headway against the Caldor Fire around South Lake Tahoe, and the popular California tourist town may, with luck, be spared from flames – if conditions Wednesday night remain favorable, a fire official said.
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