Lake Fire

Active

El Dorado County, California · Discovered April 6, 2026

0.0 acres
Size
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Contained
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24h growth
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Personnel

Source: NIFC/IRWIN (interagency) · Last upstream update 4 hours ago

Current situation

Lake Fire

Active fire
Air quality · Good
AQI 36

The Lake Fire fire has burned 0.0 acres in El Dorado County, California. Officials have not reported a containment figure yet. Air quality near the fire is good (AQI 36).

Latest official update

August 14, 2026

The Talbot Fire is burning on the Tahoe National Forest and located off French Meadows Road approximately 4 miles northeast of French Meadows Reservoir and 14 miles southeast of Truckee, California. The incident was reported Thursday, Aug. 12, 2026 and is burning near the Granite Chief Wilderness in heavy timber across extremely steep, rugged terrain.

Read the full update on InciWeb

Posted by the incident management team on InciWeb (inciweb.wildfire.gov).

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