California Wildfires: Caldor Fire evening update | August 18th, 2021

Caldor Fire update: According to Cal OES, the blaze has forced 6,850 people from their homes in El Dorado County. Two shelters, one in Cameron Park and the other in Diamond Springs, were at capacity by 9:45 p.m.

The Caldor Fire started on Saturday, Aug. 14, two miles east of Omo Ranch and four miles south of the community of Grizzly Flats in El Dorado County.

On its first day, it only grew 45 acres, but since then, it has burned thousands of acres of land. By Wednesday morning, the fire is estimated to have burned 53,772 acres, according to Cal Fire.

There is no current containment.

[saltysdigitaldive]

How far & what is being done to prevent the fire from advancing down grizzly flat rd? Thanks

[christinaharris]

Really nice job . Thank you for your hard work

[gageschultz]

Is it likely that the caldor fire will reach Pioneer, CA?

[HuntrPat]

We just moved from pioneer next to hwy88 just below shakeridge. Across Amador station

[jobs]

Notice only Evacuation no real firefighting ?!

[helmutschillinger]

I have hiked this area for many years. Several years ago in this area I investigated the reason for all the rapid gunfire heard across Jenkinson Lake. I backpacked in with my camera and found huge numbers of camps left behind with all the trash from obviously some militia groups using the area as a training ground. Huge amount of left behind brass, trenches, trash from fast food, beer cans, old carpets and mattresses. The area was also replete with dry timber from old cutdown trees, piles sometimes to 39 foot high piles, perfect fuel for a forest fire.

[arsxs]

Vote Newsom out and replace him with someone that will manage and thin the forests.