Saturday, June 30, 2007

Lake Tahoe Wildfires

Some facts on this fire:

- covers 12.5 square km
- 225 buildings or homes destroyed, 500 more at risk
- over 1,000 people evacuated
- winds over 50 km/hr played a large part in the fire's spread
- almost 2,000 people working on containing the fire

They expect to have the fire contained by about July 3. This is a reminder what can happen under the wrong conditions when you have homes and structures in forested areas.

Stats from Bloomberg:

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=at2Pyi.yep4c&refer=us

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