![]() Seen in a long camera exposure, the Caldor Fire burns on Sunday, Aug.The main buildings at the ski slope’s base survived as the main fire front passed. 29, 2021, in Eldorado National Forest, Calif. Seen in a long camera exposure, the Caldor Fire burns as a chairlift sits motionless at the Sierra-at-Tahoe ski resort on Sunday, Aug.(Photo by JOSH EDELSON / AFP) (Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images) Firefighters monitor flames during the Caldor fire in Twin Bridges, California on August 29, 2021.TOPSHOT – In this long exposure photograph, embers fly off a burning tree during the Caldor fire in Twin Bridges, California on August 29, 2021.– At least 650 structures have burned and thousands more are threatened as the Caldor fire moves into the resort community of South Lake Tahoe, California. Residents evacuate as the Caldor fire approaches in South Lake Tahoe, California on Monday, August 30, 2021.TOPSHOT – Flames surround a chair lift at Sierra-at-Tahoe Resort, a skiing area, during the Caldor fire in Twin Bridges, California on August 29, 2021.The Caldor Fire has burned over 165,000 acres, destroyed over 650 structures and is currently 13 percent contained. TWIN BRIDGES, CALIFORNIA – AUGUST 30: A chairlift at Sierra-at Tahoe ski resort sits idle as the Caldor Fire moves through the area on Augin Twin Bridges, California.A firefighter received minor injuries, and two structures were destroyed in the 2.3-square-mile (5.9-square-kilometer) Chaparral Fire burning along the border of San Diego and Riverside counties, according to Cal Fire. ![]() In Southern California, a section of Interstate 15 closed Sunday after winds pushed a new blaze, the Railroad Fire, across lanes in the Cajon Pass northeast of Los Angeles.įarther south, evacuation orders and warnings were in place for remote communities after a wildfire ignited and spread quickly through the Cleveland National Forest on Saturday. ![]() Flames have destroyed about 2,000 buildings and forced thousands to evacuate this year while blanketing large swaths of the West in unhealthy smoke. In California alone, more than a dozen large fires are being fought by more than 15,200 firefighters. Climate change has made the region warmer and drier in the past 30 years and will continue to make the weather more extreme and wildfires more destructive, according to scientists. Many are in the West, burning trees and brush sucked dry by drought. It’s among nearly 90 large blazes in the U.S. New COVID monoclonal antibody treatment center to open in Clairemont
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