Fire reported in South Lake Tahoe
Submitted by paula on Wed, 05/12/2021 - 1:45pm
3:41 p.m. UPDATE: The vegetation fire has now been contained. Crews are still on-site at this time. It is unknown how this fire started, but an investigation is pending.
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Crews from South Lake Tahoe Fire Rescue and surrounding agencies are responding to the area of the Upper Truckee Marsh, the scene of fire currently about one-half acre in size.
The call was received at 2:06 p.m. Firefighters are determining the best way into the marsh with water as it is halfway between any streets.
Lake Valley Fire, Cal Fire, and US Forest Service are all at the scene along with South Lake Tahoe Fire.
This is a developing story and no further information is available.