17 structures lost in Sand Fire
Ten houses and seven outbuildings have been reduced to ash in the Sand Fire that is burning in rural El Dorado and Amador counties.
The 3,800-acre blaze is 35 percent contained. The fire started July 25 when a vehicle drove onto dry vegetation.
Highway 49 is open, but several roads in the Fair Play and Plymouth area are closed. More than 1,000 people have been evacuated. A shelter is set up at Ponderosa High School and animals are being taken to the El Dorado County Fairgrounds in Placerville.
Smoke is drifting east through the Highway 50 corridor and into Truckee.
— Lake Tahoe News staff report
The smoke and air quality in Camino is really bad!
The smoke and air quality is really bad in Camino, Ca.