“I can’t believe that it was even happening. It was like watching a slow-motion disaster,” Grant Ingram, a retired fire captain who fought fires for the Forest Service & Cal Fire, tells 60 Minutes. “They failed to understand where the fire was going to go” cbsn.ws/3SojSff ...
The fire has destroyed 653 structures, according to Cal Fire. A red flag warning is in effect on Monday, meaning that firefighters may encounter more difficult conditions as they try to control the fire. Strong winds were in the forecast for the area, which could make it easier for the ...
"We started to receive debris on the freeway, making it dangerous for cars to pass. We are going to invest everything we can to hold the fire south of 50," Cal Fire operations section chief Eric Schwarts said. The Caldor Fire is one of 13 fires burning in the state, including the ...
加州森林防火厅 (Cal Fire)周日(5日)下午表示,控制Caldor Fire工作进展顺利,South Lake Tahoe疏散令降级为警告,2.2万被迫逃离的人可以开始返回家园。加州公路巡警开始拆除50号州际公路上的路障,帮助灭火的国民警卫队也已经离开了该地区。但是当局警告,火灾威胁并没有完全消失。 Caldor Fire面积5日达到21万5400亩,有...
The fire has been "one of the most impactful events that I think we've ever seen here," said Mike Blankenheim, chief of the Amador-El Dorado unit of Cal Fire. "The road back to some sense of normalcy for us is no doubt going to be long and no doubt going to have some challenges...