Fire at north end of Fallen Leaf Lake quickly doused

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Multiple crews responded to a wildfire on the north end of Fallen Leaf Lake Friday evening. At approximately 6 p.m., USDA Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit DIV 1 & Engine 342, CAL FIRE Amador-El Dorado Unit, and South Lake Tahoe Fire Rescue were on the scene of a fire that was reported at one-half acre in size.

By about 10 p.m., what was named "The Leaf Fire" was contained with a fuel break completed around the fire.

The cause is under investigation.