The fire started around 2 p.m. Thursday. Highway 50 is closed in both directions from Pollock Pines to Meyer.
There are evacuations between Kyburz and Strawberry. Firefighters are using the new super scooper, a plane that can pick up 1,600 gallons of water in 12 seconds to fight the fire.
The fire is burning about 100 acres and is five percent contained, according to officials from the El Dorado National Forest.
The Red Cross has set up an evacuation center at the Pollock Pines-Camino Community Center.
#BREAKING: highway 50 is closed from Pollock Pines to Meyers because of a wildfire. Gusty near #KyburzFire now. pic.twitter.com/luUIBWCzWc
— Sandhya Patel (@SandhyaABC7) July 23, 2015
.@CAL_FIRE assisting the @EldoradoNF with a wildfire off Hwy 50 at White Hall Canyon Dr in Kyburz (El Dorado Co). #KyburzFire Hwy 50 closed.
— CAL FIRE (@CAL_FIRE) July 23, 2015
FIRE UPDATE- #KyburzFire is now 60 acres.
— EldoradoNF (@EldoradoNF) July 23, 2015
I-50 is now closed from Sly Park Rd to Myers Community. Use Mormon Emigrant Trail as an alternate route. #KyburzFire
— EldoradoNF (@EldoradoNF) July 23, 2015
