Residents of the South Lake Tahoe area flee the Caldor fire and arrive in Nevada.
It fell on the dozens of cars and RVs owned by residents who were recently forced to evacuate their homes as a fire approached the South Lake Tahoe area.
There were no winds, just smoke. Then came the evacuation warning. The Wrights, whose home is two miles southeast of South Lake Tahoe, began loading clothes, photos and documents into a red Ford Expedition and a blue Subaru. Concern for his nervous wife and granddaughter, 2-year-old Wynn, he decided to evacuate. It was about 1:30 a.m. when they began to make the 45-minute drive down the mountain to the evacuation center in Nevada. On the way down, he tried to keep his wife calm.At the evacuation center early Monday, Wright began to set up the tents, which he had bought five months ago initially to go camping. “We’re doing it now,” he said, chuckling. “We’re camping.
The 22-year resident said it was Sunday night when she got an evacuation warning and began to place personal items into her Subaru.
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