Kyburz Fire

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Cindy and I were driving back to Tahoe on Hwy 89 this afternoon and was met with quite a bit of smoke in the air. By the time we got to Hwy 50, we noticed that traffic going to the west was closed and a quick look on inciweb showed that there was a growing fire on both sides of 50 just north of Whitehall.

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For those of you heading out to the Jeeperz Jamboree from South Lake Tahoe, you're gonna have to find another route to get there.
 
I saw the initial alert a couple hrs ago, and haven't been able to find any new information since. Hopefully that means they are getting it contained quickly.
 
TheStick said:
I saw the initial alert a couple hrs ago, and haven't been able to find any new information since. Hopefully that means they are getting it contained quickly.
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As of 9:33 PM, the fire is only 5% contained and it's burned 100 acres.
 
JAGS said:
Wholly crap. I realize Alaska is huge and sparsely populated, but you see the size of some of those fires. Wow.
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Yeah, I'd say near half a million acres and in more than one location is the real deal :shock:
 
You know, we never really understood why there were so many fires until we were there. I mean, we knew that the place was dry but didn't really realize how dry. I was seriously worried about every small ember that left the fire at camp. While beautiful, the whole place was like being in a box of matches. :grayno:
 
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