The lake, which is known for its sapphire waters and evergreen-surrounded coves, is particularly popular with vacationers from the Bay Area. It is home to several famous ski resorts and casinos, which are just over the border from South Lake Tahoe in Stateline, Nev. Several concerts that had been scheduled for this week at Harveys Lake Tahoe casino were postponed because of the fire threat, including performances by Phish on Tuesday and Wednesday, and by Miranda Lambert on Thursday.
Although wildfires occur throughout the West every year, scientists see the influence of climate change in the extreme heat waves that have contributed to the intensity of fires this summer. Prolonged periods of abnormally high temperatures are a signal of a shifting climate, they say.
As the Caldor fire threatened Lake Tahoe, the Dixie fire, the largest single-origin wildfire in California history, continued to rage in the northern part of the state.
As of Monday, that fire had burned more than 771,000 acres in five counties and was about 48 percent contained, according to Cal Fire.
In a Facebook post on Friday, Cal Fire said that more than 15,200 firefighters were on the front lines of 14 active large wildfires that had burned over 1.68 million acres.
Source Article from https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/30/us/caldor-fire-evauation-order-california.html
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