Crews continue to battle a wildfire that’s burning on both sides of the California-Nevada border.
The Tamarack Fire burning south of Lake Tahoe has scorched 68,497 acres of timber and head-high chaparral in national forest land, and remains 59% contained, according to the Rocky Mountain Type 1 Incident Management Team. Wednesday, most of the firefighting effort was focused on uncontained portions near Poison and Indian creeks, fire officials said. Thursday, crews will work their way through populated areas to mop up hot spots. After visiting the site of the fire Wednesday, both Gov. Gavin Newsom and Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak said the Biden administration needs to step up the country’s firefighting and preventing resources.