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First flames, then fees: Tahoe evacuees report price gouging

by Sam MetzScott Sonner
| September 5, 2021 12:03 AM

STATELINE, Nev. (AP) — As fearful Lake Tahoe residents packed up belongings and fled a raging wildfire burning toward the California-Nevada border, some encountered an unexpected obstacle: price gouging.

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