The Caldor Fire in California
9/21/2021 12:00:00 AM
CATEGORIES:
Fire
AFFECTED AREAS:
Amador County, CA
El Dorado County, CA
Grizzly Flat, CA
Start Date: 8/14/2021
- End Date: 8/27/2021
The Caldor Fire burned nearly 144,000 acres, or 225 square miles, in California near the Nevada border southwest of Lake Tahoe and was just 12% contained.
Associated Press News (New York), Aug 27, 2021
The Caldor Fire in El Dorado County consumed more than 73,000 acres and continued to defy containment. The blaze began on Aug. 14 and eventually destroyed the community of Grizzly Flats.
“With historic drought conditions there is heavy dead and down fuels through the fire area,” according to Cal Fire and Forest Service officials.
The Modesto Bee (Calif.), Aug 20, 2021
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