A Wildfire Is Heading For Lake Tahoe, Sending Ash Raining Down On Tourists
NPR - Wed Aug 25, 2021
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, California — A California fire that gutted hundreds of homes advanced toward Lake Tahoe on Wednesday as thousands of firefighters tried to box in the flames and tourists who hoped to boat or swim were enveloped in a thick yellow haze of the nations worst air. More»

Forest Service is Running Out of Firefighters Amid West Coast Wildfire Chaos
Daily Mail - Sat Aug 14, 2021
Firefighters in the West are being stretched to the limit by the blazes ravaging the state, the US Forest Service said on Friday - adding that it is operating in crisis mode. More»

Greece faces 'disaster of unprecedented proportions' as wildfires ravage the country
CNN - Tue Aug 10, 2021
Evia, Greece - Greece is facing a "natural disaster of unprecedented proportions," as 586 wildfires burn in "all corners" of the country, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in a televised address on Monday. More»

'Completely white': Ash, smoke fall on Tahoe Basin
San Francisco Gate - Fri Aug 6, 2021
Winds pushed smoke from Northern Californias Dixie Fire to the south Friday, choking the Lake Tahoe Basin with toxic air. More»

The Bootleg Fire Grows to the Size of Los Angeles as Government Warns of 'National Wildfire Crisis'
Gizmodo - Mon Jul 19, 2021
The West’s nightmare summer continues to grow worse. More»

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