CLEARLAKE PARK, Calif. – A 96-year-old Clearlake Park woman died on Monday in a fire that destroyed her home.
Hazel Jeannie Black was identified as the victim of the fatal structure fire, according to Sgt. Steve Brooks of the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.
Lake County Fire Protection District Chief Willie Sapeta said the fire occurred in a modular home with additions that was located at 2881 10th St.
Firefighters were dispatched at 6:49 a.m. Monday. A volunteer who arrived on scene two minutes later found the home 50-percent involved, Sapeta said. The first engine arrived at 6:53 a.m.
A total of three Lake County Fire engines, a rescue unit, two medic units, three battalion chiefs and a mutual aid engine from Northshore Fire responded to the incident, Sapeta said. A Cal Fire engine also responded to help cover the district.
Sapeta said firefighters arriving on scene were hampered by a downed power line that energized the chain link fence around the home.
He said because of that danger firefighters had to make controlled access, going into the scene one or two at a time.
It took firefighters about half an hour to control the fire, with several hours of mop up, according to Sapeta.
Capt. Brice Trask, the district’s arson investigator, was on scene all day Monday trying to ascertain the fire’s cause, Sapeta said.
Sapeta said the investigation was continuing, with Trask still processing evidence.
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