California Wildfire Nears Lake Tahoe, Forcing Evacuations

California’s Caldor Fire moved closer to Lake Tahoe as officials told more residents living in the outskirts of the mountain resort area to leave.

On Thursday, the evacuation order zone was expanded to the top of the ridge above the Lake Tahoe basin, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire. Officials also extended east the closing of a key mountain road that connects Sacramento to South Lake Tahoe.