Rodgers Fire News Today

The fall season in the Motherlode area of the Sierra Nevada Mountains often brings relief in the form of cooler temperatures, shorter days and an end to fire season.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — Smoke from wildfires burning south and west of the basin is impacting air quality at Lake Tahoe. South Lake Tahoe had unhealthy air quality Thursday morning according to https://fire.airnow.gov while the...

Yosemite National Park is providing an update on fires burning within the park boundaries.

Hazy to smoky skies are forecast for the Great Reno Balloon Race and air quality will decline as wildfire smoke from California blows into the region.

Those blazes are the Aspen, Red, and Rodgers fires, with two ignited by lightning.

The hot and dry conditions have increased the fire activity on the 5,520-acre Red Fire and 2,365-acre Rodgers Fire, both burning in Yosemite National Park.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — Two fires burning near Yosemite National Park are sending drift smoke north into the Carson Valley and just outside the Tahoe Basin Wednesday morning. The 2,083-acre Red Fire and the...

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More smoke could be visible in the coming days as a pair of wildfires continue to grow in Yosemite National Park.

Both fires continue to be managed by fire crews and firefighters.