Raging Caldor Fire Spreads Towards Lake Tahoe As Thousands Flee
Raging Caldor Fire Spreads Towards Lake Tahoe As Thousands Flee
A wall of flames from the Caldor Fire roared over Echo Summit at Highway 50 Monday evening, racing down the mountainside toward the Lake Tahoe Basin where thousands of residents were forced to flee their homes in a mass exodus that clogged the few routes out of the region.