The store is located on California’s Caldor Fire, which is prone to strong winds and dry weather.
A large fire brigade gathered on Tuesday to protect Lake Tahoe from a blazing fire that forced the evacuation of California people down the southern Alpine Mountains and alerted others to prepare for escape.
The streets of a popular vacation spot are often filled with thousands of people summer tourists, they had all been abandoned as adults Caldor’s Fire forced people to leave on Monday and caused more traffic.
“It’s more uncontrollable than I thought,” survivor Glen Naasz said of a fire that by late Monday was blown away by strong winds on two high-profile, burning mountain houses as it descended a slope into the Tahoe Basin.
More firefighters arrived shortly after Monday and many were dispatched to protect a house in the Christmas Valley, about 16km (10 miles) from South Lake Tahoe.
Dark smoke prevented the plane from taking off in the air last week. But since then, 23 helicopters and three passenger trains have poured thousands of gallons of water into the fire, the Prophet Dominic Polito said.
The National Weather Service warned of a severe fire crisis through Wednesday due to strong weather, very low humidity and very dry oil.
Ken Breslin was sitting on a road about 1.6 km (one kilometer) from his home in 22,000 cities, with only one fuel tank in his Ford Escape. Her son asked her to leave on Sunday night, but she ignored him, insisting that if the order to leave came, it would go away by the end of the week.
“In the past, it was like,” No worries… it’s just not moving at all. It doesn’t go down the hill. There are 3,500 firefighters, all bulldozers and all paramedics, ” he said. “Until this morning, I don’t think there is a chance you can come to this area. Now it’s real. ”
As fire engulfs South Lake Tahoe, residents of Nevada state residents have been warned to flee.
The evacuation order Monday came a day after neighboring areas were suddenly ordered to evacuate when a fire broke out. South Lake Tahoe’s main hospital, Barton Memorial Hospital, has evacuated several patients. The Sheriff County Sheriff’s Office transferred the prisoners to a nearby prison.
“There are fire incidents going on in California that we have never seen before. The most important thing for people to know is to leave early, “said Chief Thom Porter, director of the California department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire.
The fire threat is so intense that the U.S. Forest Service announced Monday that all national forests in California will be closed until September 17.
More than 6,800 hectares of fire will burn about 689,000 hectares (1.7 million acres) in California alone this season – most of the Forest Service – to set 2021 at the highest level of last year’s fire history.
Kaldor burns has been the most destructive and disruptive this season, covering over 71,740 hectares (177,000 acres) since August 14, firefighters are able to paint only about 14% of metal lines around Monday.
The fire destroyed at least 472 homes and other buildings and caused injuries to five people, including firefighters and civilians, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.