CLEARLAKE, Calif. – A Clearlake family lost their home in a fire that broke out Thursday night.
The fire was reported in a singlewide mobile home on the east end of 19th Avenue at approximately 11:18 p.m. Thursday, according to Lake County Fire Protection District Battalion Chief Charlie Diener.
Diener said Lake County Fire, Northshore Fire and Cal Fire all responded, the latter because the fire spread into nearby wildland.
He said it took about an hour to contain the fire, with firefighters challenged by conditions.
“We were battling higher winds,” said Diener. “We had gusts up to 25 miles per hour.”
The fire destroyed the older mobile home. On Friday afternoon Diener said he did not yet have a full value estimate of the losses associated with the fire.
He said Red Cross responded to set up housing for the family – three adults and a baby – that had been living in the home.
No injuries were reported, Diener said.
A cause is still being determined. “We know that it was unintentional but we believe it to be accidental, possibly mechanical or something like that,” he said.
Due to the winds and concerns that the fire might reignite, firefighters continued to check the area of the burned home throughout the night and into Friday, Diener said.
“We've checked it a couple times today and it's looking pretty good,” he said.
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