Heavy snow and ice is to blame for snapped gas lines off the side of the Rideout Community Center in Tahoe City.
As a result, Placer County Sheriff says all elementary students were evacuated to North Tahoe High School.Â
The Placer County Sheriff's Office and North Tahoe Fire Protection District say they have cleared the scene.Â
The gas company and school employees are now working on repairing the affected gas lines.Â
Over the weekend, crews responded to a small child crushed and trapped under a tree trunk sized icicle weighing over 150 pounds. Firefighter-paramedics had to use mechanical advantage techniques to free the child. The child was transported to Tahoe Forest Hospital ER with leg injuries.
It was one of many incidents authorities responded to.Â
North Tahoe Fire and Meeks Bay Fire crews also responded to a structure fire in Meeks Bay that resulted from an overheated firebox. Multiple late-night calls resulted from Carbon Monoxide alarm activation.
In some instances crews say they found the structures’ generators, activated due to a regional power outage, buried in deep snow.
They also say another late-night call sent crews to a condo unit charged with very high levels of Carbon Monoxide gas due to blocked and malfunctioning exhaust on the unit’s hydronic heating system.Â
