Smoke filling Lake Tahoe Basin from fast moving Sand Fire
Submitted by paula on Sat, 07/26/2014 - 9:06pm
The smoke filling the Lake Tahoe basin is coming from the Sand Fire burning near Plymouth, CA. at the El Dorado County - Amador County line.
As of 8:15 p.m. on Saturday night, 4,000 acres have burned and the fire is 20% contained. The terrain near the fire is challenging firefighters.
There are currently 1,464 personnel on the scene. So far, five homes and seven outbuildings have burned.
515 structures are still threatened and residents in the following areas have been evacuated: Sand Ridge Road, Fresh Water, Burlwood, Morales Ranch Road, Vintage Trail, Upton Road, Twin Rivers Road New Evacuations in progress; Vintage Road to Sandridge Road, Buzzards Gulch Road and all of Buzzards Gulch Road. Riverpine Estates. Vintage Road to Morning Canyon Road.
The cause of the fire is "vehicle on dry vegetation" according to CalFiregoo.
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