Flames consume South Lake Tahoe house

Flames destroy a house in South Lake Tahoe on Jan. 29. Photo/Denise Haerr

Flames were still shooting into the night sky Wednesday after a house erupted in flames in the early evening.

Fire Chief Jeff Meston told Lake Tahoe News it is a difficult fire to fight. It’s a modified A-frame that was being remodeled. He expected crews would be out there quite a while.

All city resources were at the blaze on Long Valley Avenue in the Bijou Pines neighborhood, along with firefighters from Lake Valley and Tahoe Douglas.

The fire started about 7pm Jan. 29, with flames still shooting in the night sky at 8:30pm.

“The lots are small and close together with lots of trees,” Denise Haerr, who lives in the neighborhood, told Lake Tahoe News. “Thankfully, it’s been raining all day.”

At 9pm, she added, “The flames are still leaping within the home. We are so thankful for the firefighters protecting our neighborhood.”

Meston said no one was home when the fire started.

Haerr said she never saw anyone at the house.

It is too soon to know how the fire started.

— Lake Tahoe News staff report