The fire has burned more than 212,000 acres since it began last month, according to CAL Fire data updated Friday morning.
A family that owns a cabin under threat from the Caldor Fire burning near Lake Tahoe in California was able to communicate with some of the firefighters protecting their neighborhood through use of a home camera.
Maureen Nandini Mitra spoke with the Sacramento-based news station KXTV earlier this week to discuss how she has been keeping tabs on the cabin from afar. Nandini Mitra told the station she lives in Berkeley but visits the cabin in Kirkwood, a small town south of Lake Tahoe, with family.captured by the front-door camera at the cabin.
"We always talk about how technology is destroying us, but this is one time where technology has really been a boon," Nandini Mitra told KXTV. A family with a cabin under threat from the Caldor Fire used the home’s front door camera to thank the firefighters protecting the area. Above, fire crews ride on the back of a truck as they prepare to battle the Caldor Fire on August 30, 2021, in South Lake Tahoe, California.She told the station she and her family members have been trying to get firefighters' attention through their cabin's camera so they could communicate with the first responders directly.
Nandini Mitra wrote she was"able to communicate via the security webcam with one of the firemen taking a break in the house next door, thank them profusely, and offer them the family cabin as a resting place if need be."Nandini Mitra has continued posting updates from her home's security camera in the days since. Neighbors have also been communicating with her to discuss developments in the area as the fire continues burning, she told KXTV.
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