Crews continued to battle a wildfire that’s burning on both sides of the California-Nevada border as Gov. Gavin Newsom and Gov. Steve Sisolak visited the area Wednesday.
The Tamarack Fire burning south of Lake Tahoe has scorched 68,393 acres of timber and head-high chaparral in national forest land, and is 59% contained, according to Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest.
The area where the Tamarack Fire is burning saw downpours Monday evening. “A change in the weather brought much-needed moisture onto the fire area yesterday. A group of afternoon thundershowers dropped heavy rain onto some sections of the fire,” Rocky Mountain Type 1 reported Tuesday morning.