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A view Thursday afternoon from the Ridge Tahoe. The basin has mostly escaped wildfire smoke but the Carson Valley is suffering. (Provided / Alertwildfire.org)
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. The Tamarack Fire continues to rage but so far it hasn’t crossed a key highway that would provide a greater threat to Lake Tahoe.
Officials said the fire has been active due to extremely dry fuels and grew by about 10,000 acres from Wednesday into Thursday. The blaze has grown to 50,129 based on infrared mapping. It’s 4% contained, the first bit of containment since the fire exploded out of control on Friday, July 16.
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View of fire from Bald Mountain Alert Tahoe camera in Nevada on Tuesday, 1:00 p.m.
6:00PM UPDATE: Woodfords, Markleeville and Mesa Vista continued to be evacuated. Conditions over the fire continue to be drier and hotter than normal this time of year with a mass of unstable air, creating acceleration of the Tamarack Fire.
Highlights from the 6:00 p.m. briefing by fire command: As of now, the northern corner of the fire is seeing success from firefighters. The northeast side continues to see active fire, getting close to the state line. Highest priority is the Hwy 395 corridor and the northeast corner of the fire so they are looking for areas to create dozier lines to prevent progress. Eastern side of the fire had been laying low but made movement Tuesday. Hot conditions and dry fuels enable the fire to continue to be active. The south end of the fire has step, natural barriers and rocks, but a fair amount of fuel..it is currently unstaffed with firefighters and fire behavior is m
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