New evacuation orders issued as authorities battle Caldor Fire

Luke Harrison

01 September 2021

Lower Echo Lake, United States. 31st Aug, 2021. Trees explode in flames during the Caldor fire near Lower Echo Lake, California on Monday, August 30, 2021. The city of South Lake Tahoe is under evacuation orders. Photo by Peter DaSilva/UPI Credit: UPI/Ala

As the Caldor Fire grows to nearly 200,000 acres, new mandatory evacuation orders have been issued for parts of Nevada’s Douglas County, according to the Douglas County sheriff’s department.

The orders cover parts of Kingsbury, a community of around 2,000 people on the California-Nevada border, among other areas.

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