Wildfire burning in Tahoe National Forest

Smoke from a forest fire burning in Placer County could be seen while driving on Highway 50 toward the basin and it is filling the sky in Reno.

As of 8:30 Sunday night about 800 acres had burned in the Tahoe National Forest. The American Fire is burning in the heavily forested area of Deadwood Ridge, about 17 miles northeast of Foresthill.

The cause is under investigation. It started about 4:50pm Aug. 10.

— Lake Tahoe News staff report