Lake Tahoe

FILE PHOTO: Darob Baker (right), 30, a fire engineer with the El Dorado County Fire Department, and his colleagues, Matt Ziebarth, 45, and fire captain Rob Sime, 44, work on structure protection along Santa Clause Drive as flames from the Caldor Fire burn through trees in Christmas Valley near South Lake Tahoe, California, U.S., August 30, 2021. REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small
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Wildfire menaces California's Lake Tahoe area after chasing away thousands

Traffic crammed local roads as South Lake Tahoe, a town of 22,000 residents, rapidly emptied along with several nearby villages, leaving the smoke-filled area normally thronged by summer...

A view from Emerald Bay towards Lake Tahoe is obscured by smoke from the Caldor Fire viewed from Georgetown, California, US August 30, 2021. REUTERS/Fred Greaves
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Residents, tourists scramble to evacuate as California fire nears Lake Tahoe