California firefighters work to contain a dozen large CaldorFire, which has become the US' number one priority for firefighting resources - officials
US Fish and Wildlife Service firefighters look for hotspots after a flare-up in Pollock Pines, California, US, August 23, 2021. that have destroyed hundreds of homes and forced thousands of people to flee to safety.
After an extensive review of fire damage, Gov. Gavin Newsom requested a presidential major disaster declaration for eight counties, Mark Ghilarducci, director of the California Office of Emergency Services, told a briefing near Sacramento. If approved, the declaration would provide a wide range of assistance including housing, food aid, unemployment and governmental emergency costs, Ghilarducci said.
Nearly 43,000 Californians were under under evacuation orders and more than 500 households were in shelters, he said. New concerns were developing at the explosive Caldor Fire southwest of Lake Tahoe, the famed alpine lake straddling the California-Nevada state line and surrounded by peaks of the Sierra Nevada and resort communities.
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