Tulare County fire bringing smoke to Lake Tahoe Basin
By Juan Lopez, Reno Gazette-Journal
A more than 16,000-acre fire in Tulare County, Calif., an area about 300 miles south of Reno, is sending up clouds of hazy smoke into the Truckee Meadows area.
Scott McGuire, a National Weather Service meteorologist, said the Lion Fire’s smoke is reaching “along the entire spine of the Sierra Nevada” because of a southwestern wind which is pushing up all of the smoke.
“And we’re not looking at much significant afternoon wind to push this smoke out in the next couple of days,” he said. “We are expecting continued reduced visibilities through the evening because of the fire.”
