UPPER LAKE, Calif. – A Wednesday afternoon fire near Upper Lake damaged several vehicles and boats and charred a small amount of wildland.
The fire, reported shortly before 3 p.m., burned on a property located between Three Brothers Chevron and Lake County Car Audio and Security, near the intersection of Highway 20 and Highway 29, according to Northshore Fire Chief Jay Beristianos.
Beristianos said his agency responded, as did Lakeport Fire, the Mendocino National Forest and Cal Fire.
He said firefighters controlled the fire within about 15 minutes of arrival, with the first unit on scene getting a handle on the burning vehicles and the second unit working on the burning grass.
On the property line were stored a number of vehicles. Beristianos said there was a small Jeep that was destroyed along with a boat, and four vehicles and another boat damaged.
Beristianos estimated that a quarter of an acre of berry bushes and weeds burned.
Radio reports also indicated that the fire damaged a power pole and phone lines, with Pacific Gas and Electric responding to make repairs.
Beristianos said the investigation into the fire's cause is under way, however, firefighters believe it was accidental.
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