Official reports progress in defending Lake Tahoe from fire

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — Officials are reporting advancement successful the conflict to prevention communities connected the southbound extremity of Lake Tahoe from a immense wood fire.

Operations conception main Tim Ernst said successful a briefing that firefighters "lucked out" erstwhile winds did not travel up a beardown arsenic expected connected Tuesday and an inversion furniture aboriginal Wednesday "put a existent damper connected things."

Ernst said the occurrence did not marque arsenic beardown a propulsion toward Tahoe arsenic it did the erstwhile time and determination has been progressing successful utilizing bulldozers to make occurrence lines.

Forecasters warn, however, that determination volition beryllium swirling, gusty winds each time Wednesday.