美國加州太浩湖（Lake Tahoe）南方所發生的大火目前已延燒3100畝的林地，消防員在奮力撲滅此次太浩湖史上最嚴重的安哥拉大火的同時，也正密切地觀察可能影響災情的風勢變化。不過，火場管理人表示27日的滅火工作大有進展，估計有55%的火勢已獲得控制。
24日下午2時太浩湖傳出火災，在風勢的助長下，火勢加速蔓延。有關單位初步懷疑是人為蓄意縱火，現在仍在堪驗調查起因。此次火災估計有3500多人被疏散，超過260間房屋被燒成灰燼；所幸目前並未傳出任何人員傷亡。
加州州長阿諾表示，「我已下令加州資源署與加州環保署著手起草一項積極的重建計劃，儘快重整太浩地區，並回復至火災前的狀態。」
然而，在27日舉行的記者會中，許多家園受惡火吞噬的受難者指出，當時地方單位阻止他們砍倒周邊林木來建立合理的防衛空間，才會造成這次損失慘重的結果。
Firefighters are watching the wind very closely as they struggle to subdue the worst fire in Lake Tahoe history. The Angora Fire has torched 3,100 acres of large trees in South Lake Tahoe, but fire managers say "good progress" was made today, and at this hour the fire is considered to be about 55 percent contained.
The fire broke out about 2pm on Sunday, and quickly gathered speed, driven by high winds. Authorities say it was intentionally set, and an investigation is underway. More than 3,500 people have been evacuated and over 260 homes burned to the ground. No casualties or major injuries have been reported.
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said, "I’ve already directed the California Resources and the California Environmental Protection Agencies to draft an aggressive restoration plan as quickly as possible to keep Tahoe restored and to bring it back to its pre-fire conditions."
At the news conference today, many of the people who have lost their homes said they were not able to provide defensible space around their homes because regional authorities prevented them from cutting down trees.
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