[pct-l] South Lake Tahoe fire

[Junaid Dawud]

Boy thats a shame.....really pretty country in that
area.  


---------Speshul41



- Andrea Dinsmore <zaqueltooocool at gmail.com> wrote:

> Saw this story on the news.....also online.
> 
> Eight homes have been destroyed with more endangered
> by a massive
> wind-driven blaze raging in the south Lake Tahoe
> area near Angora Lake
> Ridge.
> 
> El Dorado County Lt. Kevin House confirmed at least
> eight homes had already
> been lost to the wildfire that broke out around 2:15
> p.m. Sunday in the
> upper Angora Creek drainage.
> 
> By 5 p.m., estimates of the fire and its damage
> varied with reports of up to
> 50 homes already burned and from 350 to 500 acres
> lost.
> 
> Evacuations were in place for residents in the Echo
> Summit area, including
> the Mount Raineer, Pyramid, and Mule Deer areas.
> 
> House said evacuees were being told to go to the
> South Lake Tahoe Recreation
> Center on Rufus Allen Blvd.
> 
> Gloria Hildinger of Angora Lakes Resort said her
> resort had been ordered to
> evacuate. She said the fire was within about two
> miles of the resort.
> 
> Multiple agencies were already on scene to help
> battle the blaze.
> 
> At least three air tankers were sent to battle the
> fire, though high winds
> were reportedly keeping the planes from attacking
> the flames.
> 
> PCT MOM
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