Eight days after lightning ignited the Coal Hollow Fire, more crews are on their way to assist nearly 400 personnel on the fire lines and evacuations are now happening in Diamond Fork Canyon. As of Sunday morning, the fire has burned 19,600 acres with only four percent containment. “The conditions here are tough. It’s hot, it’s dry. It’s windy. Some dayslike today, you can see we get pop-up thunderstorms that happen,” said wildland firefighter Mallorie Barrons. Josh Higgins, squad boss for the North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District said the type of work required of wildfire crews is very physically demanding. “Our job requires a lot of hiking, a lot of staying awake for long hours working in hot conditions in unfavorable weather conditions. The job most of the time is very, very strenuous,” said Higgins.