California fire approaches Lake Tahoe after mass evacuation
A trio of Tahoe National Forest firefighters use chainsaws cut a fire line around surrounding homes in the Christmas Valley area of the Tahoe Basin to protect it from the Caldor Fire, Monday evening, Aug. 30, 2021, near South Lake Tahoe, Calif. (Elias Funez/The Union via AP)
By SAM METZ and JANIE HAR
Associated Press/Report for America
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — A huge firefighting force gathered Tuesday to defend Lake Tahoe from a raging wildfire that forced the evacuation of California communities on the south end of the alpine resort and put others across the state line in Nevada on notice to be ready to flee...
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