Caldor fire

DoorDash announces $1M disaster-relief grant program for restaurants

DoorDash launches natural disaster grant program

Verde Mexican Rotisserie, located in South Lake Tahoe, California, brings in about $100,000 per month in restaurant sales. The popular Mexican restaurant is one of the many businesses that had to shut down in August as the deadly Caldor fire swept across the state.

Co-owner Domi Chavarria told CalMatters the closure of the restaurant for just two weeks likely cost it more than $10,000 in lost inventory alone. Its employees went without paychecks during the closure and profits from a busy tourist...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/doordash-announces-1m-disaster-relief-grant-program-for-restaurants

Raging wildfire inches closer to Lake Tahoe

Thick smoke in a section of the Caldor fire in eastern California.

A raging wildfire continues to spread toward Lake Tahoe, a popular resort region that draws approximately 15 million visitors a year, according to the Tahoe Fund website. The area is famous for its beautiful waters, sandy beaches, remote mountain trails and world-class ski resorts.

#CaldorFire continues to burn along Highway 50 in the @cityofslt area today fueled by high winds. Here is some video taken just east of Echo Summit. 50 remains closed from Pollock Pines to South Lake Tahoe, 89 to...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/raging-wildfire-inches-closer-to-lake-tahoe

Hot Shots: Truck spill, fearsome fires and more

Every Friday, FreightWaves takes a look at the past week or so in social media, highlighting images in trucking, transportation and weather. This week features a truck spill in Oregon that shut down an interstate highway, the exploding Caldor fire in eastern California and more.

Sticky situation

A truck carrying barrels of apple juice concentrate crashed late Wednesday morning on Interstate 84 in eastern Oregon. Sections of the highway were closed for several hours between Pendleton and Ontario,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/hot-shots-truck-spill-fearsome-fires-and-more

Wildfire woes continue in the West

Smoke from the Dixie fire in northern California.

A wildfire burning for a little more than a week in Northern California continued expanding over the weekend. It’s one of about a dozen big blazes in the drought-stricken state that have destroyed hundreds of homes and forced thousands of people to evacuate.

The Caldor fire was only 5% contained as of Sunday evening. It has charred nearly 154 square miles of trees and brush in the northern Sierra Nevada after breaking out Aug. 14. The cause was under investigation, and mandatory evacuations are...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/wildfire-woes-continue-in-the-west

Humongous Dixie fire threatening more California towns

Helicopter dropping water onto the Dixie fire in northern California, Aug. 13, 2021.

The humongous Dixie fire in Northern California is still burning out of control as firefighters battle uncooperative weather conditions.

Related: Dixie fire spreading, now second biggest in California history

As of late Wednesday evening, the Dixie fire had burned more than 660,000 acres, about three times the size of Manhattan.

The wildfire led to a new round of evacuation orders as gusty winds helped spread the fire within about 8 miles of Susanville, California, which has an estimated...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/humongous-dixie-fire-threatening-more-california-towns