LAKEPORT, Calif. – While firefighters around the state continued to work on the Clayton fire near Lower Lake, a new vegetation fire broke out in the north Lakeport area on Tuesday afternoon.
The fire was located in the 3000 block of Hill Road at around 1 p.m., according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.
Cal Fire air and ground resources and local fire units were among the responding units.
Just before 2:45 p.m., reports from the scene indicated that the fire's forward progress had been stopped, with two to three hours of mop up expected.
The Lake County Sheriff's Office reported that there were no evacuations or structures threatened, but people were asked to stay clear of the area while fire personnel were still on scene working.
Information on a cause was not immediately available.
At nearby Sutter Lakeside Hospital, operations were normal and the facility was fine, said spokeswoman Morgen Wells.
A 16-acre fire near that same area occurred on June 7, burning close enough to the hospital that some outlying clinics were evacuated temporarily, as Lake County News has reported.
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