Caldor Fire near Tahoe grows from 6,500 to 53,000 acres in 24 hours

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Amy Graff,SFGATEAug. 18, 2021Updated: Aug. 18, 2021 10:44a.m.

Jennifer Whitmore sprays her home with water as the Caldor Fire burns near White Hall, Calif., Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021.
Jennifer Whitmore sprays her home with water as the Caldor Fire burns near White Hall, Calif., Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021.Ethan Swope/AP

-Updates:Get info on the Caldor Fire from theEl Dorado National Forest.
-Informationline:(530) 303-2455
-Evacuations:Get the latest info from theU.S. Forest Serviceand from amapposted by the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office.
-Maps:Find from theForest Service.https://aa8c994c3eb629bba062b61cdca365bb.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-38/html/container.html

Tearing across the bone-dry landscape of the El Dorado National Forestat unfathomable speeds, California’s Caldor Fire near Lake Tahoe exploded in size from6,500 acresTuesday morning to53,772 acresWednesday morning with no containment, triggering a flurry of evacuations, torching parts of a small town and injuring at least two people, officialssaid.

In this long exposure photo, embers fly from burning trees as the Caldor Fire grows on Mormom Emigrant Trail east of Sly Park, Calif., on Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021.
In this long exposure photo, embers fly from burning trees as the Caldor Fire grows on Mormom Emigrant…

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