Wednesday, June 27, 2007

More Strong Winds Could Fuel Tahoe Fire | World Latest | Guardian Unlimited

re: "SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) - Racing the weather, hundreds of firefighters on Wednesday tried to tame a blaze near this resort area on two fronts, facing the prospect of losing hundreds more homes if they failed to hold both of them. /With afternoon forecasts calling for gusty winds, the challenge was to keep the wildfire from consuming more buildings near the small town of Meyers where it started, and from reaching several densely populated subdivisions near where one flank of the blaze jumped a containment line. The fire has destroyed 200 homes since it emerged over the weekend..."...

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