5% contained

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The fire is currently 5% contained, concentred in Tahoe Mountain, a large residential area just south of the city of South Lake Tahoe. It is near the town of Fallen Leaf, just east of it, and is somewhat still --’creeping’ south, said Sgt. Don Atkinson of the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Department.

‘Basically it’s just crawling out; its arms move out in different directions,’ he said. ‘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,’ Atkinson said.

-- Tami Abdollah