![]() It would take a month of Sundays to fill that hole in or cut a new road. How are you gonna get a tanker down there? Have you seen the washout? It's-it's huge. Well, it's been washed out for three years. As she was listening to her police scanner, Candance Tyler told us her heart sank.Ĭandance Tyler: They're sending them down Caldor Road. We discovered that problems started right away: maps were out of date, firefighters had trouble finding the fire. Forest Service was in charge, responsible for calling in firefighters and resources. In our opinion, they did nothing to put this fire out.Ĭaldor started as a small plume of smoke about four miles south of Grizzly Flats. I know that's a steep treacherous canyon, but you're still telling me that you don't have the ability and the equipment to put it out? They didn't do nothing. ![]() A 40-acre fire, you can't put that out in a canyon? And don't get me wrong, I lived here my whole life. We went to Grizzly Flats to see for ourselves what happened that August night when a wall of fire ripped through town.Ĭandance Tyler: I took a couple pictures of my house knowing that that would be the last time I ever saw it.īill Whitaker: When it first started, did you have confidence that the Forest Service would handle it? Would put it out?Ĭandance Tyler: Absolutely. In our months-long investigation, we found evidence of mismanagement by the Forest Service and critics who say its outdated tactics and overgrown lands have led to millions of acres and foothill towns burning needlessly. Forest Service for letting a few-acre blaze morph into a monstrous wildfire. Today, the community's anger is still raw. Then, one August night in 2021, the Caldor Fire roared out of the Eldorado National Forest and in less than 15 minutes, Grizzly Flats was gone. Lumber from lush forests supported Sierra Nevada foothill towns for decades. ![]() People came for the gold but stayed for the trees. The California gold-rush town of Grizzly Flats was founded in 1851. Forest Service mismanagement contributed to California wildfire | 60 Minutes 13:16
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