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The Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District operates a fire apparatus fleet of 10 engines, 1 ladder company, 11 brush trucks, 1 rescue squad, 1 ambulance, 1 hazardous material unit, various support units, 2 technical rescue support units, 9 water tenders, and 2 water rescue entry vehicles The District's primary areas of responsibility include ...
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 p.m. on Sunday, June 24, 2007, as a result of an illegal campfire. [1]
William Kent (March 29, 1864 – March 13, 1928) was an American politician, conservationist and philanthropist from Marin County, California. He served three terms as a U.S. Representative from Northern California between 1911 and 1917, and was instrumental in the creation of Muir Woods National Monument .
Fire officials ordered more evacuations near Lake Tahoe and told other residents to be ready to leave as a destructive fire roared through forests southwest of the alpine lake that straddles the ...
Tuesday marks the seventh day of the Park Fire, which has burned 386,764 acres (604 square miles), making it the fifth-largest wildfire in California’s recorded history.
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 ...
Mosquito Fire A pyrocumulonimbus cloud rises from the Mosquito Fire on September 8, 2022 Date(s) September 6 (6-09) – October 22, 2022 (2022-10-22) (47 days) Location Placer County and El Dorado County, Northern California, United States Coordinates 39°00′22″N 120°44′42″W / 39.006°N 120.745°W / 39.006; -120.745 Statistics Burned area 76,788 acres (31,075 ha; 120 sq mi ...
Rescuers from El Dorado County, North Lake Tahoe and South Lake Tahoe responded to the scene. Woman injured while hiking near Lake Tahoe. CHP helicopter airlifts her to hospital