LAKEPORT, Calif. – Firefighters quickly contained a small wildland fire outside of Lakeport on Thursday afternoon.
The fire, dispatched at 11:50 a.m., was at the Cow Mountain access road near Scotts Creek and Pine Ridge roads, according to dispatch.
Lakeport Fire, Kelseyville Fire, US Forest Service and Cal Fire were among the agencies responding, radio traffic indicated.
Cal Fire air tankers placed a line of retardant around the fire and helped keep it contained to a small amount of acreage, with a Cal Fire helicopter also working the incident.
Within about an hour of dispatch, Cal Fire Battalion Chief Greg Bertelli told Lake County News that the fire was contained to a quarter-acre. It had burned mostly brush.
“Things are looking really good,” he said.
Remaining on scene to continue working on mop up were two Cal Fire engines and two hand crews, a Lakeport Fire engine and a helitack crew, for a total of 50 fire personnel, Bertelli said.
He expected firefighters to remain on scene for a few hours for mop up and patrol.
Bertelli said a Cal Fire prevention officer was in the area to investigate the fire's cause.
The fire was in a remote area and nobody was seen near it, Bertelli said, noting there also are no power lines in the area.
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