El Dorado County Vineyards Threatened By Caldor Fire
The Caldor Fire is still blazing across El Dorado County as vineyards prepare to harvest hundreds of acres. Winemaker Brian Wilhelm cannot believe the blaze is still a threat.
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The Caldor Fire is still blazing across El Dorado County as vineyards prepare to harvest hundreds of acres. Winemaker Brian Wilhelm cannot believe the blaze is still a threat.
The area of Somerset was smoking with flames off Grizzly Flat Road as airdrops tried to halt the Caldor Fire from coming dangerously close to several wineries.
The Caldor Fire is moving fast through El Dorado County as firefighters continue trying to get ahead of it. Priority number one is protecting homes.
More than a week since the Caldor Fire sparked and tore through El Dorado County, thousands of residents are now homeless and evacuation sites are full.
Some people evacuated from the Caldor Fire zone are going on their second week seeking another place to live. One evacuee we spoke to Sunday said she was forced out of her hotel room to accommodate someone else's reservations.
Red flag conditions fanned the flames and created smoky, orange skies around a closed Highway 50, only miles away from the evacuated tiny town of Kyburz.
A 40-mile stretch of Highway 50 in El Dorado County shut down Friday due to safety concerns with the Caldor Fire. Caltrans expects the closures to last through the weekend.
Evacuees Friday were patiently waiting outside barricades hoping they'll be allowed back home soon as the Caldor Fire burned through El Dorado County.
Caldor Fire evacuees in El Dorado County have learned it could be weeks before they find out what their homes look like.
Crews are fighting the Caldor Fire in the middle of drought conditions that have sparked water restrictions in several cities.
Crews Thursday continued to battle the Caldor Fire as additional resources arrived to help just in time to take advantage of the mild weather, officials say. The overnight hours could be crucial to the firefight.
After days of devastation, local communities are doing what they can to help fire victims across the region.
The battle against the Caldor Fire continues for another day. The fire is slowing down but is far from being under control.
As of Thursday morning, 36,333 people remain under evacuation orders, with two-thirds of those being affected by the Caldor Fire.
Firefighters responded to a house fire in Placerville Thursday morning.
The Dixie Fire, the second largest wildfire in California history, is taking up more than half of all available firefighters in the state.
The Caldor fire burning through El Dorado County, forcing evacuations and causing officials to shut the forest down to visitors as fast flames burn through a forest ripe for burning.
Walt Tyler Elementary School was one of the many buildings up in flames overnight on Monday, as the Caldor Fire ripped through Grizzly Flats.
The Caldor Fire has long been identified as an area vulnerable to a large fire with mounting forest fuels.
As evacuation centers are filling up, so are hotels.
The Caldor fire destroyed homes in El Dorado County. Twenty miles to the west, evacuees hoped theirs wasn't one of them.
Authorities say two civilians have been injured in the Caldor Fire.
The Caldor Fire has grown to more than 700 acres in El Dorado County as of Monday, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of homes near Omo Ranch and Leoni Meadows.
A Fremont woman was arrested this week after starting a wildfire in the area of Aspen Creek Tract near Echo Summit, the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office said on Saturday.
The hiker fell about 20 feed down a hill and suffered major injuries, the CHP says.
