SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. Smoke and ash from the Tamarack Fire are impacting the Lake Tahoe Basin.
The fire, estimated at 18,299 acres and burning in the Carson Ranger District, was remapped from officials’ estimate in the morning of 22,000-plus, and remains 0% contained as of about noon Sunday.
There is no direct threat to South Lake Tahoe, the Lake Valley Fire District on Sunday. The district had a strike team assigned to the blaze.
Dozens of motorists pulled over in turnouts on Carson Pass Sunday afternoon to get a good view of smoke that billowed high into the sky and drifted toward the basin.
Tamarack Fire reaches Highway 88 mapping shows
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