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The Caldor Fire has been actively burning for 18 days now and is only 20% contained. The fire, blazing over two counties, is now headed towards Heavenly Ski Resort in Lake Tahoe.
A map shared by the San Francisco Chronicle shows that the fire is not too far away from Heavenly. Sierra-At-Tahoe resorts has already been affected by the blaze.
Susan Whitman, a spokesperson for Heavenly, Northstar and Kirkwood resorts told The Chronicle that resort officials pumped “significant water” onto the mountains.
CAL FIRE reports that the fire has burned through 204,390 acres.
Get updates on the fire here.