LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – A wildland fire burning east of Clearlake Oaks is nearly out, according to fire officials.
The Indian Fire began Sunday afternoon near the Indian Valley Reservoir, burning both in state-managed lands and into the Mendocino National Forest, as Lake County News has reported.
Firefighters had increased containment on the 175-acre fire to the 95-percent mark by Monday evening, according to the Cal Fire Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit, which is in joint command with the US Forest Service on the fire.
The Memorial Day weekend saw wildfire action elsewhere around the state as well, with the Hunters Fire sparked in Mariposa County shortly after 3:30 p.m. Monday.
That blaze had burned 500 acres by around 8 p.m., with evacuations in progress in the Hunters Valley area, Cal Fire reported.
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