Tourist sites threatened by raging US wildfires

The Caldor Fire in California and Greenwood Lake Fire in Minnesota are fuelled by climate change, a new report concludes.

Enormous wildfires in California and Minnesota are forcing tourists to change their plans in two US vacation spots as a new study blames climate change for creating conditions that fuel the massive blazes. The wildfire has already gutted hundreds of homes and is advancing towards the resort cities of Lake Tahoe as thousands of firefighters tried to box in the flames. On Wednesday, the Caldor Fire was less than 32km (20 miles) east of the lake that straddles the California-Nevada state line. The Caldor Fire in California  is “knocking on the door” of the Lake Tahoe basin, state fire chief Thom Porter said this week, causing ash to rain down and forcing tourists inside to avoid the unhealthy air.