At about 1:30pm on Saturday, August 18, a house fire spread to a 5 acre brush fire south of Sunnyside, near Tahoe City. the fire is located between Pineland Drive and Washoe Way, Three structures have burned , evacuations have started for Talmont and Sequoia avenue and Highway 89.
Smoke is billowing from the fire, with an orange glow. Viewing the fire from Incline Village, the smoke is very close to the lake shore. For residents living north of the fire, this is a scary scenario, as winds are blowing about 25 mph from the south- southwest. Keep posted and take head any new evacuations.
These are photos taken at about 3pm from Incline Village beach.
August 19, 2007 at 7:14 pm
I live on Tahoe woods blvd at the end and I was so lucky that our house was not distroyed. This shows how thining the forest can help stop wild fires.
August 31, 2007 at 3:11 am
Wow – amazing photos. They say a picture is worth a thousand words.