UPDATE: Caldor Fire In Sierra Tops 53,000 Acres; New Evacuations Ordered For Kyburz

From CBS San Francisco:

EL DORADO NATIONAL FOREST (CBS SF/AP) — The Caldor Fire burning in the Sierra Nevada ballooned overnight to more than 53,000 acres, sweeping through the El Dorado National Forest in what fire officials called “unprecedented fire behavior.”

Gusty winds and tinder-dry trees have helped fuel the fire, more than doubling its size since Tuesday evening. There is zero containment as of Wednesday morning.

Fire officials estimated that at least 50 homes had burned in the Grizzly Flats area since the fire erupted Saturday and two people were hospitalized with serious injuries. The fire’s northern edge has reached U.S. Highway 50 and the advancing flames prompted new evacuation orders which include the community of Kyburz.

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