Firefighters Are Working Around the Clock
Earlier this summer, the Forest Service declared a “national wildfire crisis.” In the month since, matters have only become worse. Firefighters are valiantly trying to hold the line on the Caldor Fire to protect communities around Lake Tahoe. But thousands of personnel are also deployed across the West to battle other large, destructive fires.
Federal data shows that there are more than 26,000 firefighters on the front lines of fires burning in states across the West as well as Minnesota, where uncontrolled fires are also raging. That means the incongruous scenes around Tahoe are far from the only ones playing out.
