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Mud Lake Wildfire Chars 580 Acres

From Times Staff and Wire Reports

A 580-acre wildfire at Mud Lake on the California-Nevada border was reduced Sunday to charred brush and a few smoke plumes.

The fire erupted Saturday afternoon southeast of Lake Tahoe near Woodfords in Alpine County.

About 140 firefighters battled the blaze. The cause was not immediately known.

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