The Lawrence Fire was 90% contained Monday.įarther north in Placer County, the Bridge Fire burned 411 acres with 15% containment as of Monday. The fire prompted brief road closures and evacuations as it threatened a handful of structures, but firefighters were able to quickly mitigate the threat. In Amador County, near where the Caldor Fire is burning, the Lawrence Fire exploded to 46 acres, burning grass, brush and timber, Cal Fire said. Progress accompanied by new firesĪs fire officials recorded progress in the Caldor Fire, three new wildfires popped up Sunday in California. The areas of Fallen Leaf Lake, Christmas Valley, Meyers and North Upper Truckee remain under an evacuation order.Īcross the state border in Nevada, mandatory evacuations in Douglas County were downgraded to precautionary evacuations Saturday, according to an announcement on the county’s website, opening the door for some residents there to return home. Other parts of El Dorado County saw their evacuation orders downgraded to a warning Saturday while other warnings were lifted, according to Cal Fire.
The flames are 44% contained about three weeks after it started on August 14, Cal Fire said.Įvacuation orders for the city of South Lake Tahoe were downgraded to evacuation warnings, nearly a week after thousands in the resort town clogged roadways when officials told them to get out because flames were racing into the area. Of the top 20 largest wildfires since 1932, 17 have occurred since 2000 11 since 2016 five in 2020 - and three from this year.įirefighters in California made significant progress against the Caldor Fire over the weekend, allowing for some evacuation orders in the Lake Tahoe region to be downgraded.Īs of Monday morning, the Caldor Fire had consumed 216,358 acres near the California-Nevada border. It has damaged or destroyed at least 1,282 structures, according to Cal Fire. The Dixie Fire started on July 14 and has been active for 54 days. Currently, the largest fire by acreage for the state is the August Complex, which burned 1,032,648 acres in 2020. It has burned 914,655 acres and is only 58% contained, as of the last report on Monday. The Dixie Fire, which is only 21 percent contained, also is the largest single fire ever to tear through California, scorching nearly a half-million acres as of Monday. The Dixie Fire in northern California is on its way to becoming the largest widfire in the state’s history, officials say.
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