The Caldor Fire burns on both sides of the US-50 11 miles from the Meyers neighborhood in South Lake Tahoe.
Mandatory Credit:	Andy Barron/RGJ/USA Today Network

The Caldor Fire burns on both sides of the US-50 11 miles from the Meyers neighborhood in South Lake Tahoe.
Mandatory Credit: Andy Barron/RGJ/USA Today Network

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Hospital patients are being evacuated as the rapidly growing Caldor Fire edges closer to California's Lake Tahoe region

The raging Caldor Fire in Northern California prompted evacuation orders and warnings in the Lake Tahoe Basin Sunday night after fire conditions resulted in rapid spread, causing at least one hospital to transfer all of its patients out amid the flames.