forestry firegeezer on 26 Jun 2007 08:07 pm
Tahoe Fire Jumps Fire Line - breaking
JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO THE ASSOC. PRESS reported that the firefighters trying to tame a raging wildfire near Lake Tahoe Tuesday suffered a setback when the blaze jumped a fireline near a densely populated area, forcing a new round of evacuations.
The flare-up is about three miles from where the fire started Sunday near the south end of Lake Tahoe. By Tuesday afternoon, the blaze had consumed more than 2,700 acres and was about 40 percent contained, fire officials said.
“I didn’t save hardly anything in the house,” said retired firefighter John Hartzell, who lost his home of 20 years. Along with his wife, adult son and a daughter, he sorted through the rubble in search of any mementos. “I got out with the clothes on my back, my fire coat and my helmet,” he said.
Sue Hartzell, right, looks inside her family’s burned out van Tuesday, June 26, 2007, with friend Mike Corey of Lake Valley Fire Protection District after her family home was burned down on Sunday in the Angora wildfire in South Lake Tahoe, Calif. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
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