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South Lake Tahoe Residents Find Refuge In Reno

South Lake Tahoe resident Jose Mora was relocated from the American Red Cross’ evacuation center at the Carson City Community Center to the Reno-Sparks Convention Center with his family and two dogs, Lady (right) and Woody, on Sept. 1, 2021. (Lucia Starbuck/KUNR Public Radio)
South Lake Tahoe resident Jose Mora was relocated from the American Red Cross’ evacuation center at the Carson City Community Center to the Reno-Sparks Convention Center with his family and two dogs, Lady (right) and Woody, on Sept. 1, 2021. (Lucia Starbuck/KUNR Public Radio)

Residents of South Lake Tahoe are starting to return home after evacuation orders were downgraded as firefighters made headway on the Caldor Fire. Many evacuees found refuge in nearby Nevada.

Lucia Starbuck of member station KUNR reports from Reno.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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