CLEARLAKE PARK, Calif. – A fire Thursday afternoon burned several acres of brush but claimed no homes as firefighters worked to quickly contain it.
The fire was reported on Crestview Drive in Clearlake Park after 2 p.m., according to radio traffic.
Lake County Fire Protection, Cal Fire and Northshore Fire responded to the blaze, reports from the scene indicated.
Witnesses reported that Cal Fire aircraft arrived and began water and retardant drops shortly before 2:30 p.m.
Lake County Fire and Cal Fire officials couldn't be reached Thursday afternoon, but Northshore Fire Assistant Chief Pat Brown, who responded to the scene along with a fire engine and water tender from his agency, said a total of eight acres was burned.
No structures were harmed, but some were initially threatened, he said.
Cal Fire – which sent six engines and two dozers – helped stop the fire at a ridge with its aircraft, Brown said.
At about 9:30 p.m., firefighters at the scene reported that, while there was some wind on the fire, the containment lines were holding well and that a day shift crew would return at 9 a.m. Friday to continue any needed work.
Radio reports indicated that firefighters remained on scene until about 10 p.m., when the incident was reported to be terminated.
The fire on Crestview Drive occurred two weeks to the day following a damaging fire along Lakeshore Boulevard in Clearlake Park that burned three homes and an outbuilding. The cause of that fire has still not been released by fire investigators.
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