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June 25, 2007

Angora Fire, Hundreds Of Homes Burn In Lake Tahoe

 
Straight from the NICC morning report;

National Interagency Coordination Center
Incident Management Situation Report
Monday, June 25, 2007 - 0530 MDT
National Preparedness Level 2
Northern California Area (PL 2)
New fires: 27
New large fires: 1
Uncontained large fires: 1
Type 2 IMTs committed: 1

Angora, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, FS. IMT 2 (Swartzlander). Two miles southwest of South Lake Tahoe, CA. Timber and grass. Wind driven fire with long range spotting. Residences, businesses and recreation
areas threatened. Voluntary evacuation in effect.

* Angora |CA| TMU| 1800| 0| 6/28| 560| 15| 89| 8| 240| 250K|

1,800 acres
0% containment
240 structures

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There is generally poor media coverage of this event. CNN is trumping Fox News and MSNBC and news wires are all parroting the same byline.
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