CLEARLAKE, Calif. – A home was destroyed in an early morning fire on Wednesday.

The structure, an older cabin, was located at 4397 Old Highway 53 in Clearlake, according to Lake County Fire Battalion Chief Willie Sapeta.

Sapeta said firefighters were dispatched at 7:44 a.m., and he arrived on scene three minutes later.

Radio reports indicated the structure was fully involved when firefighters arrived.

Lake County Fire sent two medic units, an engine, a rescue unit, a battalion chief – Sapeta – and the fire chief, Sapeta said.

Sapeta said firefighters had the fire under control by 7:57 a.m., but overhaul and salvage took much longer, with units clearing the scene shortly after 11 a.m.

“The interior was a complete loss,” said Sapeta, who estimated damages totaled about $70,000.

The fire's cause is still under investigation, Sapeta said.

He said the older cabin – probably built in the 1950s or 1960s – was about 600 square feet in size and had some small remodels done to it. It was one of a few remaining residences in an area now zoned commercial.

Sapeta said no one was in the home at the time of the fire, with the residents in the process of moving out of it.

“Nobody got hurt,” he said.

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