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Here are the latest updates on conditions, evacuations and closures as the Caldor Fire continues to grow in El Dorado County.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The Caldor Fire did a lot of damage and destroyed homes in the Sierra-at-Tahoe area near Echo Summit one week agao. One of those homes belonged to Jim Bitner, a fixture at the ski resort and in the community. Bitners friends have set up a fire recovery GoFundMe account to assist him during this difficult time.

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What makes this place so incredibly unusual for this kind of fire behavior is the extraordinary topography of it. you cant think of it in dimensions. you have to think about the peaks. this is the second fire -- sorry, the second fire in history to make it over the echo summit. to be in this sort of environment and see these enormous granite faces and nonetheless, have embers jump a mile or more, get across this and begin to threaten lake tahoe which is just a few miles in this direction. thats ...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - There is now a large change to the evacuation orders for the Caldor Fire. This is the time to take action immediately if in the Lake Tahoe Basin.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — Evacuation orders have been issued for residents in the South Tahoe area that go into effect immediately.

Five thousand more people were evacuated Sunday afternoon after the Caldor Fire made a run for the ridges to the east. It has burned 168,387 acres and containment dropped to 13 percent due to the increase in fires size at the east/northeast end.

California Caldor Fire Sunday, August 29, 2021 Updates

Here are the latest updates on conditions, evacuations and closures as the Caldor Fire continues to grow in El Dorado County. At least 5 people have been injured, thousands are evacuated and the town of Grizzly Flats has been devastated by the fire.