Tahoe National Forest responding to several lighting-caused fires
Over the past 24 hours, Tahoe National Forest has received 1,241 lighting strikes. Forest Service firefighters have responded to/are currently responding to several suspected lighting-cause wildfires and smoke checks.
Forest Service firefighters are actively engaged in suppression activities on the following confirmed wildfire starts:
- GOODYEARS – Near Goodyears Bar, Sierra County
- GLACIER – Near Glacier Lake, Nevada County
- LAVEZZOLA – Near Lavezzola Creek, Sierra County
- SNOW – Nera Snow Mountain, Placer County
- LOCH – Near Loch Leven Lakes, south of Big Bend, Placer County
- POPPY – Near French Meadows Reservoir, Placer County
- CORNISH – South of Downieville, Sierra County
- TINKER – Near Tinker Knob off the Pacific Crest Trail, Placer County
- MILDRED – Nera Mildred Ridge, Soda Springs, Placer County
Size of each incident will be https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FTahoeNF%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0MsnMQrzbQXEaqWcBqSnMyY73C4qmjL5YHnwHioDmLB2Ho118f8AkpVcbiUUfRfNtl&show_text=true&width=500" width="500" height="718" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true" allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share">updated as information becomes available.
Additional holdover fires may be discovered. Please report any suspected wildfire to 911.
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