The smoke plume was visible 100 miles away, out the plane window. On final approach into Sacramento, passengers craned their necks to see the behemoth Caldor Fire in El Dorado National Forest.
California is suffering another brutal fire season, with at least 11 active blazes across the state. But even in this tough year, the Caldor Fire stands out. It grew from a few thousand acres to over 50,000 in a 36-hour period, destroying homes and threatening towns.
CAL At the El Dorado Hotshots base, just west of the Caldor Fire’s perimeter in Sly Park, former crew superintendent Aaron Humphrey called the Caldor Fire “the big one… the worst-case scenario” he worked with his crews to protect power lines from falling on Wednesday.
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