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Traffic nightmare as Caldor Fire forces evacuation of South Lake Tahoe
Traffic is gridlocked throughout most of South Lake Tahoe as the city rushes to evacuate ahead of the raging Caldor Fire.
Mandatory evacuation orders were imposed late Monday morning ahead of a red flag warning for gusting winds that is expected to last until 11 p.m. Wednesday. With highways 50, 88 and 89 all closed below the Tahoe Basin, people are being funneled out of town toward the Nevada state line. Anyone wishing to head toward Sacramento or the Bay Area cannot do it directly via Highway 50; they must drive north to connect up with I-80 near Truckee.
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https://www.sfgate.com/renotahoe/article/traffic-highway-50-lake-tahoe-evacuation-roads-16423258.php
Spent many vacations with my kids there...So sad. I hope Lake Tahoe can be saved.
msongs
(67,420 posts)ProudMNDemocrat
(16,786 posts)We check into our resort there in December, if it's not burned down.
calguy
(5,315 posts)I love that area.
cilla4progress
(24,736 posts)Getting so tired of these stories..meaning, tired that this keeps happening.
Fire victim myself - lost home in wildfire on east side of Washington Cascades in 1994.