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The Angora Fire was a 2007 wind-driven wildfire in El Dorado County, California. It started near North Upper Truckee Road subdivision near Angora Lakes, Fallen Leaf Lake, Echo Lake and South Lake Tahoe, California around 2:15 PM on Sunday, June 24, 2007, as a result of an illegal campfire. [1] As of July 2, 2007, the fire was 100% contained ...
Angora Fire of 2007 Perimeter map, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit The so-called "Angora Fire" started around 1:00 pm on Sunday, June 24, 2007, at the southern end of remote heavily forested land below Angora Ridge Road and extended from Meyers and Fallen Leaf Lake on the south and west to Camp Richardson near Lake Tahoe's southern shore.
View of the Angora Fire from nearby Flames approach at 4:42pm on June 24, 2007. On June 24, 2007, a wildfire broke out at the Seneca Pond recreation area near Meyers, three miles south of South Lake Tahoe. [29] The Angora Fire, so named for its proximity to Angora Ridge, stands as the worst forest fire in recorded Lake Tahoe history. [30]
Thousands of people rushed to leave South Lake Tahoe as the entire resort city came under evacuation orders and wildfire raced toward Lake Tahoe, a large freshwater lake straddling California and ...
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (Reuters) -Residents and tourists in communities near Lake Tahoe fled on Monday as a fierce, 2-week-old wildfire roared closer to the popular resort destination through ...
Group of teen hikers found as firefighters continue to battle Royal Fire in Tahoe National Forest. Michael McGough, Ishani Desai. July 7, 2024 at 11:29 PM. A wildfire that ignited Sunday evening ...
In June 2007, the Angora Fire burned 3,100 acres (13 km 2) and destroyed 254 residences and many other structures adjacent to South Lake Tahoe. A reversal of the winds as the fire approached the city limits near the "Y" (junction of US50 and 89) saved the area from a far more devastating disaster.
Residents and tourists in communities near popular Lake Tahoe fled on Monday as the Caldor fire roared closer after sweeping across dried-out forests in California's devastating summer of blazes.