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Caldor Fire Has Already Destroyed Over 470 Structures

Photo: Josh Edelson/AFP
Photo: Josh Edelson/AFP (Getty Images)

Beyond the resort, the fire has already destroyed hundreds of structures in the communities that are interspersed in the normally placid forests of the Sierra Nevada. Grizzly Flats, a small community to the west of the Lake Tahoe basin, was burned over last week even as life continued mostly as normal in the towns closer to the lake. More than 470 structures have been destroyed, permanently altering the course of people’s lives and livelihoods.