- Elizabeth Larson
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Kugelman, Knoxville fires fully contained
LOWER LAKE, Calif. – Firefighters on Wednesday fully contained the last of two wildland fires that had broken out the previous evening in Lake County as well as a fire in Napa County.
Cal Fire said the Kugelman fire in Lower lake was fully contained on Wednesday evening at 45 acres.
It had first been reported shortly before 5:30 p.m. Tuesday off of Kugelman Street at Highway 53.
It destroyed one structure and had resulted in evacuations, as well as a power outage that lasted several hours and impacted several thousand area residents, as Lake County News has reported.
A second fire, the Canyon, which was located off of Seigler Canyon Road and Highway 29, was reported just minutes after the Kugelman incident. The Canyon had been fully contained on Tuesday night at 14 acres, according to Cal Fire.
Cal Fire said fire crews had worked through the night and much of the day Wednesday to fully contain the Kugelman incident and to extinguish exterior hot spots.
Resources remaining committed to the incident on Wednesday evening included 10 engine companies, two water tenders, two fire crews and a total of 75 personnel, including overhead or command staffers, Cal Fire said.
In neighboring Napa County, the Knoxville fire also was fully contained Wednesday evening, burning a total of 36 acres, Cal Fire said.
Cal Fire said the Knoxville incident was first reported just after 6 p.m. Tuesday on Berryessa-Knoxville Road near Lake Berryessa.
No structures were damaged or destroyed in the fire, officials reported.
Approximately 54 fire personnel, five engine companies and two fire crews remained on scene Wednesday evening, according to Cal Fire.
Cal Fire said investigators are still working to determine the causes of the Kugelman and Knoxville fires.
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