Caldor Fire: Bear surrounded by smoke while wandering fire zone in Strawberry
STRAWBERRY, Calif. -- Eerie images are coming out of the Caldor Fire zone near Lake Tahoe.
Video of a bear shrouded in smoke was taken Friday in the town of Strawberry in El Dorado County.
You can see ash falling as the bear goes about its day.
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The Caldor Fire sparked Aug. 14 and is now just 19% contained after burning nearly 245 square miles, an area larger than the city of Chicago.
Over 15,000 California firefighters are battling more than a dozen large fires in the state.
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The projected date for full containment is Sept. 8, pushed back from early this week, according to the Associated Press.
The Northern Sierra region is under a red flag warning for critical fire conditions on Monday and Tuesday.
