Winds calmer; fire slows

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Officials said the winds -- which were such a problem Sunday -- seem to be cooperating today. That has slowed the fire’s march.

‘Basically [the fire] is just crawling out; its arms move out in different directions. But it’s like a big oval band with Tahoe Mountain at the center, and it’s hit some of the residential areas to the east of Tahoe Mountain and it’s moving south,’ said Sgt. Don Atkinson of El Dorado County Sheriff’s Department.

‘Right now the fire is sitting down; it hasn’t moved in any direction,’ Atkinson said. ‘It’s sitting because there’s no winds. We’re trying to get a perimeter around it, but it’s hard because that’s almost 2,000 acres. [It’s heading south,] at least for the moment, but that can change; right now that seems to be where it’s creeping, and in a way it’s fortunate, because there’s no homes in that area. You’ve got a pretty large band of forest, and there is a section of residential track up that direction, but you’ve got some forest land in between as a buffer.’

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