Wildfire Near Kyburz Closes Highway 50
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EL DORADO NATIONAL FOREST (CBS13) - A wildfire near Kyburz has closed Highway 50 in both directions Thursday afternoon.
The fire, which was first reported just after 2 p.m., is about 60 acres in size, according to El Dorado National Forest officials.
It's burning towards the old Kyburz burn area from 2013.
Vegetation fire Hwy 50 Whitehall Canyon. EB traffic turned around at Pollock Pines and WB turned around at Meyers. No ETO
— Caltrans District 3 (@CaltransDist3) July 23, 2015
Cal Fire and other resources are being called in.
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