The Caldor fire has burned more than 117,000 acres and destroyed at least 455 homes.
On Tuesday, firefighters were continuing to focus on trapping the blaze west of Highway 89, an artery that borders the western edge of Lake Tahoe.. It has burned at least 455 homes, 11 commercial buildings and 166 minor structures. At least 17,000 structures are still threatened by the conflagration, which is 9% contained.Growth has slowed in recent days, but weather officials say an incoming trough is bringing wind and atmospheric instability.
Marvin Boyd, a meteorologist with the weather service’s Reno station, said that vegetation is so parched in the area that winds, while not considered “critical,” could easily spur fire activity. Much of the state is in anBoyd called the situation “very volatile.”Given the conditions, “it doesn’t take a lot for a tree to catch fire,” he said. “And then it will burn hotter, basically, and faster.”
Temperatures are expected to rise later in the week in Northern California, another factor that can increase fire behavior, meteorologists warn. Through Wednesday, the mercury is expected to hover in the low to mid-70s before jumping to the low to mid-80s beginning Thursday.
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