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The Caldor Fire was a large wildfire that burned 221,835 acres (89,773 hectares) in the Eldorado National Forest and other areas of the Sierra Nevada in El Dorado, Amador, and Alpine County, California, in the United States during the 2021 California wildfire season. [ 2] The fire was first reported on Saturday, August 14, 2021, and was fully ...
Fred. Wilbert. The Trout Creek Outrage, also known as the Truckee Outrage or Trout Creek Murder, was an example of anti-Chinese violence in California which occurred on the night of June 17–18, 1876. White residents of Truckee, California set fire to two cabins along Trout Creek that housed six Chinese immigrants working as woodcutters ...
The Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District of Washoe County Nevada covers the eastern slopes of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in Western Nevada. The county spans an area of nearly 6,600 square miles in the northwest section of the state bordering California and Oregon. [1] TMFPD was originally founded in 1972 and operated independently until 2001.
Cal Fire in a Friday evening update reported the Park Fire at 239,152 (374 square miles), nearly twice the size of Lake Tahoe (192 square miles). The agency in its Friday morning update reported ...
Injuries: 1 firefighter injured. Crews have significantly increased containment of the Point Fire overnight, increasing from 20% at 8 p.m. Monday to 40% by 6:30 a.m. Tuesday. The blaze is ...
Update, 7:20 p.m.: The fire, now dubbed the Cotton Fire, grew to 150 acres as of 7:20 p.m., according to Cal Fire. Firefighters continued to “make good progress” on containing the blaze, the ...
1,030 (140 damaged) [ 2] Season. ← 2023. The 2024 California wildfire season is an ongoing series of wildfires that have been burning throughout the U.S. state of California. As of August 20, 2024, a total of 5,313 wildfires have burned a cumulative 825,604 acres (334,110 ha). Year-to-date, the number of wildfires and the number of acres ...
Virginia & Truckee RR 20, "Tahoe", in the Carson Enginehouse. Virginia & Truckee RR 20, "Tahoe" (after restoration) at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. Built in 1872, the Virginia & Truckee No. 11, the "Reno" was the V&T's first true passenger engine. It was the pride of the fleet, and was assigned to the pull the "Lightning Express," the V ...