Caldor Fire Intensifies, Residents Evacuate South Lake Tahoe Area

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🗓️ 1 September 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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The South Lake Tahoe area remains under evacuation orders while the Caldor Fire continues to spread. At least 191,607 acres had burned as of Tuesday morning, according to Cal Fire. One of the major issues firefighting efforts have to contend with are spot fires. According to Scott Stephens, professor of fire science at UC Berkeley, almost 90% of the fire’s embers have a chance of sparking a new fire because of current drought conditions and ongoing winds. Stephens and KQED climate reporter Ezra David Romero join us for the latest news and analysis on the Caldor Fire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:11.6	The new reality of more dry, high heat periods in California is intensifying wildfires,
1:19.6	and South Lake Tahoe residents forced to flee their homes Monday are left to worry now about
1:24.6	how much of their communities will be there when they get back
1:28.6	as the calder fire continues to bear down on the area.
1:33.8	I didn't have any time to grab from much anything, though, because that grabbed me for surprise.
1:39.1	Today continues to be a critical day for firefighting efforts with tens of thousands of structure structures
1:45.7	still threatened. And we turn now to talk about the Calder Fire with KQED's climate reporter
1:52.0	Ezra David Romero. Ezra David Romero, thanks so much for joining us. Hey, thanks for having me.
1:58.1	We have been watching this fire for days. And just seeing the recent pictures from ski resorts, mountain passes, it's really kind of hard
2:07.6	to see where we are at this point.
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