Lake Tahoe evacuees hope to return home as wildfire slows

Mandatory evacuation orders on the Nevada side of the State line were lifted, but some areas remain on a warning status

— Firefighters are making progress on a California , officials said on September 4, lifting hopes for tens of thousands of residents who are waiting this weekend to return to the resort town. Lighter winds and higher humidity continue to reduce the spread of flames, and fire crews were quick to take advantage by doubling down on burning and cutting fire lines around the . Bulldozers with giant blades, crews armed with shovels and a fleet of aircraft dropping hundreds of thousands of gallons of water and fire retardant helped keep the fire's advance to a couple of thousand acres — a fraction of its explosive spread last month and the smallest increase in two weeks.