LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The Board of Supervisors will hold a special meeting to consider a health emergency declaration the Lake County Public Health officer has issued in response to the LNU Lightning Complex.
The meeting will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10, in the board chambers at the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport.
The meeting can be watched live on Channel 8, online at https://countyoflake.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx and on the county’s Facebook page. Accompanying board documents, the agenda and archived board meeting videos also are available at that link.
To participate in real-time, join the Zoom meeting at 9 a.m. The meeting ID is 973 3992 5981, password 894908.
To submit a written comment on any agenda item please visit https://countyoflake.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx and click on the eComment feature linked to the meeting date. If a comment is submitted after the meeting begins, it may not be read during the meeting but will become a part of the record.
Dr. Gary Pace issued the declaration, which cites the potential for toxic exposures that pose a public health threat in the aftermath of the LNU Lightning Complex wildfire. He said a declaration is required to help mitigate this threat by prohibiting the unsafe removal, transport and disposal of fire debris.
On Wednesday night, Cal Fire reported that the LNU Lightning Complex – burning since Aug. 17 – was up to 93 percent containment.
Cal Fire said Wednesday that better mapping had resulted in the complex’s acreage being adjusted down by nearly 12,000 acres to a total of 363,220 acres. That ranks it the fourth-largest wildland fire incident in California history.
Two of the three fires ahead of it – the 459,123-acre Mendocino Complex in 2018 and the 372,012-acre August Complex now burning in the Mendocino National Forest – both burned in Lake County.
The portion of the complex that burned in Lake County is the Hennessey fire, 305,651 acres and 93-percent contained, Cal Fire said.
Cal Fire’s damage assessments for the complex have tallied 1,491 structures destroyed and 232 damaged. Of those, nine are Lake County structures – eight of them homes – that have been destroyed. Neighboring counties have taken the brunt of the structure loss.
More than 1,000 firefighters remain assigned to the complex, according to Cal Fire’s Wednesday night report.
Residents seeking more information related to community disaster resources should access the local recovery website.
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Board of Supervisors to consider emergency resolution at special Thursday meeting
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