Heat Fire: California and Nevada declare states of emergency and more than 50,000 residents are said to be evacuating the Lake Tahoe area

Seen with a long exposure on camera, the Heat Fire burns at the Sierra-at-Tahoe Ski Resort on Sunday, August 29 in the Eldorado National Forest, California. The main buildings at the base of the ski slope survived as the main fire front passed.

Residents are trapped while trying to evacuate as the Heat Fire approaches south of Lake Tahoe, California, on Monday, August 30th.

Eldorado National Forest firefighters are heading to the Heat Fire in Strawberry, California on Friday, August 27th. The raging fire has sparked evacuation orders and warnings in the Lake Tahoe Basin.

An oil tanker drops a fire retardant near Lytle Creek, California, on Thursday, Aug. 26, as efforts continue to stop the southern fire.

A firefighter looks at a tree as French fire burns in the Sequoia National Forest, near Wofford Heights, California, on Wednesday, August 25th.

A firefighter is trying to put out flames in a burning house while a southern fire burns in Lytle Creek, California, on Aug. 25.

From left, Astrid Covarrubias, Jose Lamas and Maria Covarrubias walk smoking after visiting their burned-out home in Lytle Creek on Aug. 25.

The French fire continues to spread near Wofford Heights, California, on August 25th.

Firefighters are seen behind the flames of an opposing fire they were preparing to fight the French fire near Wofford Heights on Tuesday 24 August.

Teams are battling the California Fire Department as it moves east toward Lake Tahoe on Monday, August 23rd.

This aerial photo, taken Aug. 19, shows burned homes in Creekside Mobile Park a day after they were destroyed by Cache fire in Clearlake, California.

Firefighters dug a containment line at the Heat Fire near Pollock Pines, California, on Aug. 18.

Smoke and fog from forest fires darken the Golden Gate Bridge and the San Francisco skyline on August 18th.

In this long-exposure photo, embers light up slopes as Dixie’s fire burns near Milford, California, on Aug. 17.

Destiney Barnard detained Raymond William Goetchius while stranded at a gas station in Doyle, California, on August 17. Barnard’s car broke down as she helped Raymond and his family escape the Dixie fire.

The destroyed property is seen Aug. 17 after the Heat fire passed through Grizzly Flats, California.

On Aug. 17, firefighters sprayed water on trees burned by the Dixie fire near Janesville, California.

A firefighting helicopter flies in front of the sun, which was surrounded by thick smoke from fires near Lakeview, Oregon, on August 15th.

The wind blows smoke for a moment, revealing damage caused by the Parleys Canyon fire in Utah on August 14th.

Crews are battling a fire in Newhall, California, on August 12th.

A table and chairs sit in front of a destroyed house in Greenville, California, on August 12th.

A Dixie firefighter near Taylorsville, California, on August 10th.

Smoke plumes rise from the Kwis fire near Eugene, Oregon, on August 10th.

A firefighter is working to extinguish a controlled burn, a preventative measure, to protect a home in Greenville, California, on Aug. 9.

Firefighters fighting the Dixie fire cleared a fallen tree from a road in Plumas County, California, on Aug. 6.

The flames of the Dixie fire consumed a van on Highway 89, south of Greenville, California, on August 5th.

Chief of Operations Jay Walter passes the historic Sierra Lodge as Dixie’s fire burns through Greenville, California, on August 4th. The fire ravaged several historic buildings and dozens of homes in downtown Greenville.

Firefighters are working on a Greenville home that was engulfed by the Dixie fire on Aug. 4.

Dixie’s fire burns near Taylorsville, California, on July 29th.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on the left and Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak toured an area destroyed by the Tamarack Fire in Gardnerville, Nevada, on July 28th.

Firefighter Brentt Call walks through a burned area of ​​the Bootleg fire near Klamath Falls, Oregon, on July 27th.

Cal Fire Capts. Tristan Gale, left, and Derek Leong oversee a shooting operation in Lassen National Forest, California, on July 26th.

Firefighters are trying to reach a fire site in Quincy, California, on July 25th.

Volunteers sort clothes at a donation shelter for those affected by the Bootleg fire in Bly, Oregon.

Scott Griffin examines his property, which was destroyed by the Bootleg fire in Sycan Estates, Oregon.

The flames consumed a home as the Dixie Fire ripped off the Indian Falls community of Plumas County, California, on July 24th.

People are standing behind the line of fire as flames from the Steptoe Canyon fire spread through dry grass in Colton, Washington, on July 22nd.

Dixie’s smoke plumes rise over California’s Plumas National Forest near the Pacific Gas and Electric Rock Creek Power House on July 21st.

On July 19, firefighters walk near a campfire in Topanga, California.

A firefighter is doing cleanup work in the Fremont-Winema National Forest, which has been battling the Bootleg fire in Oregon.

A car is charred by the Bootleg fire along a mountain road near Bly, Oregon.

Nicolas Bey, 11, hugs his father, Sayyid, near a given trailer they use after burning his home in the Bootleg fire near Beatty, Oregon.

Firefighters put out hot spots in a Bootleg-affected area near Bly, Oregon.

A bear cub clings to a tree after being seen by a security officer at the Bootleg fire in Oregon.

Firefighters are working to protect Markleeville, California, from the Tamarack fire on July 17th. Tamarack’s fire started with lightning.

The Tamarack fire burns in Markleeville, near the California-Nevada border, on July 17.

A member of the 12th Northwest Incident Management Team has a map of the Chuweah Creek fire as wildfires devastated Nespelem, Washington, on July 16th.

On July 16, a cloud of the Bootleg Fire drifted into the air near Bly, Oregon.

Firefighters sprayed water from the Union Pacific Railroad fire train as they battled the Dixie fire in California’s Plumas National Forest on July 16th.

The horses climb a slope that was burned by the Chuweah Creek fire in eastern Washington.

The Bootleg Fireworks illuminates the smoke near Bly, Oregon, on the night of July 16th.

A firefighter is fighting the Bootleg fire in the Fremont-Winema National Forest, along the border with Oregon and California, on July 15.

A firefighting plane falls fireproof at the Bootleg fire in Bly, Oregon, on July 15th.

On July 15, firefighters excavated the hot spots under the trunks and scattered after the flames of the Snake River complex fire.

Burned cars are sitting outside a house that was destroyed by the Chuweah Creek fire in Nespelem, Washington.

Evacuated Dee McCarley hugs her cat Bunny at a Red Cross center in Klamath Falls, Oregon, on July 14th.

A plane crashes into the Chuweah Creek fire in Washington on July 14.

The head of the operations section, Bert Thayer, examines a map of the Bootleg fire in Chiloquin, Oregon, on July 13th.

The men hug a Red Cross member at a Bootleg fire evacuation center in Klamath Falls, Oregon.

The embers explode across a field as the Sugar Fire burns in Doyle, California, on July 9th.

Firefighters are monitoring the Sugar Fire in Doyle, California, on July 9th.

In this long-exposure photograph, taken in early July 2, the flames surround a Shasta Lake affected by drought during the Salt Fire in Lakehead, California.