Lake Tahoe Evacuation Orders Lifted, but Fire Threat Remains

A sign outside a Fire Station welcomes residents back to town after the lifting of the evacuation order at South Lake Tahoe, Calif., on Sept. 6, 2021. Samuel Metz/AP Photo

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif.—The lifting of a mandatory evacuation order for South Lake Tahoe’s 22,000 residents is a confident milestone in the fight against the Caldor Fire, but it remains only 48 percent contained and still threatens areas south of the resort town.

Firefighters are confronting aggressive winds and flames in some southeast sections of the Caldor Fire, which could still reach Meyers, a community more than a mile high known as the gateway to Lake Tahoe, and other areas including the Kirkwood ski resort.