Firefighters responded to a fire at Sugar Bowl Ski Resort in Lake Tahoe overnight. Shortly after 2:30am Truckee Fire were dispatched to the resort for a reported structure fire in The Village.
Unable to access the fire by normal means, the fire crews loaded their gear onto snowcats, snowmobiles and UTVs and successfully put out the blaze. Thankfully Sugar Bowl reports there was no one inside the building.
There is no reports as to the extent of the damage but Sugar Bowl assures resort operations will be unaffected and both the Village and Main Lodges remain accessible.
Truckee Fire Protection District Statement:
Shortly after 2:30 am Truckee Fire units were dispatched to a reported structure fire in the Sugar Bowl village. Crews made access to the involved snowbound structure by way of snowcat, snowmobiles, and UTVs.
With an additional response from CAL FIRE NEU, Olympic Valley Fire Department, and Northstar Fire Department, crews loaded gear and equipment on to snow machines and overcame the challenge of not having everything in their engines at their disposal to extinguished the fire.
North Tahoe Fire Protection District also provided coverage at one of our stations helping us ensure the rest of our community had emergency response resources available if needed.
Fortunately these types of incidents are very infrequent in our area, however our crews regularly train on unique responses such as this so they are able to carry out our mission of providing the highest level of public safety services to the residents and visitors of our community at a moments notice.
