LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Firefighters are working to control a wildland fire that broke out in a remote part of Lake County on Sunday.
The Reservoir fire was first spotted by the volunteers in the Mount Konocti lookout tower late Sunday afternoon, according to radio reports.
Cal Fire said the incident is located near Indian Valley Reservoir, seven miles southwest of Leesville. It is reported to be located on state and federal lands.
Ground crews have had to access the fire from Bartlett Springs Road while a large number of air resources also were dispatched from bases in Ukiah and Vina, radio reports indicated.
Just before 8 p.m. the fire was reported to have burned 30 acres, and by 10 p.m. had burned a total of 250 acres, with no containment, Cal Fire said.
As of 11 p.m., incident command reported that the fire was up to 325 acres and continuing to advance.
Incident command requested an air attack, two tankers, two fixed wing planes, three copters – two with crews – as well as 25 engines and crews, four water tenders and a fuel tender, a total of six dozers, 14 crews and three chief officers to join the resources at scene on Monday, according to radio reports.
Sunday saw numerous reports of others fires in Lake County and around the region.
Firefighters in Lake County contained a small roadside fire near the Blue Lakes Lodge west of Upper Lake and a quarter-acre fire near the Lakeport Cinema early Sunday evening.
In neighboring Yolo County, the Creek fire was reported on Sunday near the Cache Creek Casino, four miles south of Brooks off of Highway 16.
As of the last report on Sunday night, the Creek fire had burned 300 acres and was 50-percent contained, Cal Fire said.
There also was a report of a small wildland fire – the “Calpine” fire – on Big Geysers Road in Cloverdale reported Sunday evening, according to radio reports.
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Firefighters battling blaze near Indian Valley Reservoir; other fires reported around the county, region
- Elizabeth Larson
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