Tamarack Fire: Badly Burned Bear Cub Rescued In Markleeville; Blaze 45 Percent Contained; Alpine County Evacuations Lifted

By CBS San Francisco Staff:

MARKLEEVILLE (CBS SF) — An evacuated family returning to check on their Markleeville home over the weekend discovered a badly burned bear cub who had suffered severe burns in the Tamarack Fire.

The family called officials at the Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care clinic and arrangements were made for a team to pick up the bear and transport it for treatment.

“We found the cub – sedated it – (tried to run down the hill in the pitch black dark but we found him) and headed back to LTWC,” officials posted on Instagram Monday. “We gave him pain meds — fluids & treated the paws. We will re-assess today for future treatment but as of this morning he was doing well.”

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