Article: SOUTH LAKE TAHOE; Wildfire leads to evacuations; OAKLAND ; Suspect shot by police near bridge

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE. Wildfire leads to evacuations. OAKLAND . SOUTH LAKE TAHOE. Wildfire leads to evacuations Dozens oftourists were shuttled off a mountain on a ski resort gondola and hundreds of residents evacuated Wednesday as firefighters battled a wildfire that closed a highway and sent a large plume of smoke over the south end of Lake Tahoe.

The fire had burned an estimated 200 acres of mountain forest above the Stateline, Nev., casino district but no structures were damaged and firefighters said they were making progress ashigh winds subsided Wednesday night.

An estimated 200 people were urged to flee one mountain neighborhood at the top of the ridge near the closed highway.

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