Tahoe blaze: 240 structures lost

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As of 8 a.m., the South Lake Tahoe fire had scorched more than 2,000 acres and destroyed at least 240 structures, said Greg Renick, spokesman for the governor’s Office of Emergency Services. The fire was 0% contained, he said. There were no injuries reported. Hundreds of people were evacuated from the area and about 2,000 people lost their power, while an additional 1,400 were without gas, Renick said. Favorable weather conditions helped keep the fire from spreading early today, with humidity at 70% and 10-mph winds out of the east, shifting in a northwest directon. Temperatures were expected to range from a low of 71 degrees to a high of 81.

-- Carlos Lozano