LNU Lightning Complex held to no new growth on Sunday
- Elizabeth Larson
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Firefighters held the LNU Lightning Complex to no new growth on Sunday, a milestone in the two-week-long effort to contain the massive incident.
The complex started out the day at 375,209 acres burned and that was still its recorded size by nightfall, with containment increasing two percent to 58 percent, Cal Fire reported.
The Hennessey fire in Colusa, Lake, Napa, Solano and Yolo counties remains at 317,909 acres with containment up to 57 percent.
In Sonoma County, the Walbridge fire west of Healdsburg remains at 54,940 acres with containment at 58 percent, while the 2,360-acre Meyers fire north of Jenner is at 99 percent, unchanged from Saturday.
The improving conditions on Sunday led to officials reducing the evacuation order to a warning for areas south of Butts Canyon Road, west of Callayomi Road (extending to the intersection of Highway 29 and Western Mine Road), east of Saint Helena Creek Road (extending south to the intersection of Highway and East Road) and Highway 29 between East Road and Western Mine Road.
The evacuation warning for the area south and west of Highway 29 and west of Saint Helena Road, extending to the intersection of Highway 29 and East Road, was at the same time fully lifted, officials said.
Other orders and warnings for south Lake County remain in place, officials said.
The number of structures the complex continues to threaten was reduced to 5,378 on Sunday, while the number of destroyed and damaged structures, at 1,209 and 193, respectively, did not change, based on Cal Fire’s latest report.
Officials said nine structures in Lake County – eight of them homes – have been destroyed in the complex.
Cal Fire said approximately 2,839 firefighters remain assigned to the incident, along with 296 engines, 75 water tenders, 18 helicopters, 43 hand crews and 75 dozers.
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