Fire destroys 2 sheds, damages a third

Flames were shooting 70 feet in the air when South Lake Tahoe firefighters arrived Wednesday morning to a structure fire. What at first looked like multiple houses on fires turned out to be large sheds.

“We found a large body of fire between three different homes,” Battalion Chief Jim Drennan told Lake Tahoe News.

He said bad electrical wiring caused the first shed to catch fire, which then led the second one to become engulfed, then a third was damaged. Two were completely destroyed. It is not known what was being stored in any of them.

The sheds were on the back lots of three properties on Long Valley and Oak avenues. The call came in just before 2am May 2.

While some trees were scorched, there was no damage to houses. And there were no injuries. Assisting South Lake were CalFire, Lake Valley and Tahoe Douglas crews.

— Lake Tahoe News staff report