Monday, June 25, 2007

Fast-moving wildfire in California destroys 220 homes, forces evacuation of about 1,000


June 24, 2007
King's Beach, California
Photographer states :: Smoke clouds from the South Lake Tahoe fire as seen from Kings Beach, nearly 23 miles across the lake.

Lake Tahoe Fire
Are these folks having fun?
No.
No one likes to see a fire of this potential.




June 24, 2007


Kings Beach, California






June 24, 2007


Pollock Pines, California




Photographer states :: These smoke plumes rising over the crest of the Sierra Nevadas' is coming from a fire near South Lake Tahoe. The winds are really blowing in the Tahoe Basin, about 40mph. The fire has already burned over 50 homes and over 500 acres of timber as I'm typing this.