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220 homes destroyed, 2,500 acres burned by Tahoe fire
Air attack on forest fire underway
LVN News Service
June 25, 2007
Fire officials confirmed this morning that 220 homes have been destroyed by the Angora Fire near South Lake Tahoe.
Cool overnight temperatures and little if any wind helped keep the Angora fire from rapidly spreading as it did Sunday, but has brought a blanket of thick smoke to the area that hampered efforts to get an air attack off the ground.
Air attacks on the fire have begun. There will be at least eight to 10 helicopters on the fire today and and several air tankers. There are 750 firefighters now on the fire, with another 400 firefighters on the way.
The U.S. Forest Service at 7:30 a.m. has the fire at 2,400 to 2,500 acres and has destroyed 220 structures in the North Upper Truckee area. The structures include homes, garages and outbuildings.
El Dorado County Sheriff's Office have the latest damage estimate to be at least 220 structures, spokesman Kevin House told CNN this morning.
A state of emergency was issued for El Dorado County on Sunday and continues today. Hundreds more homes are threatened early this morning as South Lake Tahoe's worst fire in half a century sent hundreds of people fleeing for safety.
Road closures
Roads remain closed at Highway 50 for eastbound traffic at Sly Park. On the Nevada side, highway patrol officers are stopping motorists in Stateline. Highway 89 is closed at Pickett's Junction to Luther Pass. Traffic in South Lake Tahoe is closed at South Tahoe High School and Lake Tahoe Boulevard. Residents of the evacuated areas are not allowed to return to their homes, officials said.
Look here for more updates as information becomes available.
220 homes destroyed, 2,500 acres burned by Tahoe fire
Air attack on forest fire underway
LVN News Service
June 25, 2007
Fire officials confirmed this morning that 220 homes have been destroyed by the Angora Fire near South Lake Tahoe.
Cool overnight temperatures and little if any wind helped keep the Angora fire from rapidly spreading as it did Sunday, but has brought a blanket of thick smoke to the area that hampered efforts to get an air attack off the ground.
Air attacks on the fire have begun. There will be at least eight to 10 helicopters on the fire today and and several air tankers. There are 750 firefighters now on the fire, with another 400 firefighters on the way.
The U.S. Forest Service at 7:30 a.m. has the fire at 2,400 to 2,500 acres and has destroyed 220 structures in the North Upper Truckee area. The structures include homes, garages and outbuildings.
El Dorado County Sheriff's Office have the latest damage estimate to be at least 220 structures, spokesman Kevin House told CNN this morning.
A state of emergency was issued for El Dorado County on Sunday and continues today. Hundreds more homes are threatened early this morning as South Lake Tahoe's worst fire in half a century sent hundreds of people fleeing for safety.
Road closures
Roads remain closed at Highway 50 for eastbound traffic at Sly Park. On the Nevada side, highway patrol officers are stopping motorists in Stateline. Highway 89 is closed at Pickett's Junction to Luther Pass. Traffic in South Lake Tahoe is closed at South Tahoe High School and Lake Tahoe Boulevard. Residents of the evacuated areas are not allowed to return to their homes, officials said.
Look here for more updates as information becomes available.
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On our national forest lands, there is an urgent need to overcome the federal "analysis paralysis" where land management decisions are made by litigation and layers of regulations, rather than by resource professionals in a timely manner with public imput.
Policymakers should put aside past assumptions and take steps to sustain healthy Forrest. Rather than being controversial, this should be common cause of society, why should attorneys and Judges manage our forests, let the Ph.D's with professor emeritus of forestry and members of the Society of American Foresters do the job they are trained to do.0 -
quote:Originally posted by blogdog37
On our national forest lands, there is an urgent need to overcome the federal "analysis paralysis" where land management decisions are made by litigation and layers of regulations, rather than by resource professionals in a timely manner with public imput.
Policymakers should put aside past assumptions and take steps to sustain healthy Forrest. Rather than being controversial, this should be common cause of society, why should attorneys and Judges manage our forests, let the Ph.D's with professor emeritus of forestry and members of the Society of American Foresters do the job they are trained to do.
well said, we have fought the bull.... for ever, when you have fuels on the ground your going to have fires, people just don't understand that timber is a renewable resource, they want to moan and groan over timber sales,but they dont mind wiping thier azz with toilet paper do they,Loko[^]0 -
I hope the Ponderosa is ok [:0] 
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Ever been up to the Ponderosa?
They used to have tours up there and through the sets.
Provided a haywagon ride up and back - a 'hold up' and
the before you left a huge cook out lunch!
... pretty cool place.
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quote:Originally posted by zipperzap
Ever been up to the Ponderosa?
They used to have tours up there and through the sets.
Provided a haywagon ride up and back - a 'hold up' and
the before you left a huge cook out lunch!
... pretty cool place.
[:D]
Thanks Hoss.0 -
quote:Originally posted by zipperzap
Ever been up to the Ponderosa?
They used to have tours up there and through the sets.
Provided a haywagon ride up and back - a 'hold up' and
the before you left a huge cook out lunch!
... pretty cool place.
[:D]
I always wanted to go there but I read that it has been bought by a developer and is now closed to the public [:(!]0 -
UGH! ... another piece of my youth gone!
... at least a WILDFIRE didn't get it!
I laugh every time I see/hear 'WILDFIRE!'
now on the news - until about three or four years ago we called them
'brushfires' ... but to sell more news they are now 'WILDFIRES!'0 -
quote:Originally posted by zipperzap
UGH! ... another piece of my youth gone!
... at least a WILDFIRE didn't get it!
I laugh every time I see/hear 'WILDFIRE!'
now on the news - until about three or four years ago we called them
'brushfires' ... but to sell more news they are now 'WILDFIRES!'
you would laugh...until you had to try and fight one,been there done that![;)]Loko0 -
quote:Originally posted by Spider7115
I always wanted to go there but I read that it has been bought by a developer and is now closed to the public [:(!]
I was up there not about a month ago, and most of the Mom a Pop shops at state line that have been their for a hundred years are also losing out to developers.
Interesting that the fire sounds like it is just a tad North of the last major burn 10 years or so ago.0 -
LOKO383: Actually I did - the huge 1970 Laguna Fire - burned down to San Miguel Mountain - 100,000 acres - we did more 'fleeing before it' than fighting it![:o)]
... the big ones are killers and I only joke about them ... nervously.
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My oldest son is waiting to see if he is sent on that one,depends if they can contain it before the winds get up again.Shame about the houses,but when one builds in the forest its the risk you take,especially when the construction is built of wood. 0 -
My second home is in Tahoma west shore,im real glad I got the extra insurance! The fire is about 20 miles away and on the other side of a mountain![:)] 0
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