Forest Service staffing nine small lightning fires around Lake Tahoe
Submitted by editor on Sun, 06/28/2015 - 11:50am
U.S. Forest Service crews are working to extinguish nine small fires resulting from last night’s lightning strikes in the Lake Tahoe Basin.
Most of the fires are single-tree fires with some ground fire, and the largest is only a half-acre in size. Winds are calm, and the Lake Tahoe Basin received substantial rainfall in the area of the fire starts, so the rate of spread is low. The Forest Service is staffing all nine fires with the assistance of Tahoe-Douglas and North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection Districts.
The fires are scattered between Kings Beach and Cave Rock in hike-in only terrain. A helicopter is assisting with reconnaissance and water drops as needed.
Additional lightning is expected Sunday afternoon, and the Forest Service will continue to monitor for additional starts over the next few days.
For information on wildfire status, please visit the Forest Service, visit the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit website at www.fs.usda.gov/ltbmu or call (530) 543-2600 and press six for wildfire information, or monitor the U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit Facebook (U.S.ForestServiceLakeTahoeBasin) or Twitter (@LakeTahoeUSFS) feeds. If a significant wildfire affects the basin, the LTBMU will update these sites.
See the map below.
ltbmufires_20150628_2.pdf by Carson Now
