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Wildfire in Greater Lake Tahoe Area, California

Wildfire June 24, 2007 – June 30, 2007 · Greater Lake Tahoe Area, California

Injuries

$500.0M

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

The human-caused Angora wildfire started on June 24th and continued to burn through the end of June. Strong winds gusting to 40 mph caused the wildfire to spread across 3,100 acres south of Lake Tahoe. A total of 254 houses and over 60 commercial structures were destroyed.

The wider storm

High winds helped to spread the Angora wildfire across 3,100 acres south of Lake Tahoe.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 38182. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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