The California governor's office said Monday nearly 30,000 people have been evacuated from El Dorado County where the Caldor Fire is burning.
By Monday night, the fire had crossed state highways 50 and 89 and burned mountain cabins as it churned down slopes toward the Tahoe Basin.
Residents are stuck in gridlock trying to evacuate as the Caldor Fire approaches in South Lake Tahoe, Calif., on Monday. At least 650 structures have burned and thousands more are threatened as the fire moves into the resort community.reported that vehicles loaded with bikes and camping gear, some hauling boats, snaked through thick, brown air that smelled of fire. Police and other emergency vehicles sped by.
"I'm so appreciative that our citizens listened to the warning and the order and evacuated the city," Stevenson said at a news conference later that day. The Caldor Fire, which broke out Aug. 14, has burned more than than 291 square miles — an area larger than Chicago — as of Monday night, fire officials said. It was 15 percent contained.
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