LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Firefighters spent Monday and early Tuesday responding to – and quickly controlling – several small wildland fires around Lake County.
Conditions in the county have been dry, and on Monday there were moderate and sometimes erratic winds reported through the day.
The main fire incident of the day on Monday was a small fire in the early afternoon in the city of Clearlake that necessitated a school evacuation, as Lake County News has reported: www.bit.ly/1rmDa7c .
Then, shortly after 6 p.m., a hay field was reported to be on fire on Upper Lake Lucerne Road in Upper Lake.
Northshore and Cal Fire responded, finding the field and a hay baler on fire, according to radio reports.
The fire was contained within about 15 minutes, reports from the scene indicated. It burned between an acre and a half and two acres. About 40 bales of hay needed to be moved from a truck and an hour of cleanup followed.
Just before 7:30 p.m., a vegetation fire was reported on Point Lakeview Road near Sunrise Drive in Lower Lake.
Cal Fire and local firefighters were dispatched, arriving to find people trying to put out the fire, which was about 20 feet in diameter, according to radio reports. It was under control within 10 minutes of the call and additional units were canceled.
Then, shortly after 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday, firefighters were dispatched to a vegetation fire with structures threatened on Mission Way at Mission Rancheria Road near Lakeport.
Arriving Lakeport Fire units reported finding that the fire had been knocked down by people who already were on scene.
Reports from the scene stated that the fire was contained at less than a quarter of an acre, with the incident terminated at 2:20 a.m.
Local fire officials are urging residents to use particular care due to the dry conditions, including not mowing grass after 10 a.m. and having a fire extinguisher handy when working on vegetation.
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Small fires reported around Lake County on Monday, early Tuesday
- Elizabeth Larson
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