LAKEPORT, Calif. – A fire early Thursday morning caused damage at a Lakeport grocery store.
The fire at Bruno's Shop Smart, 355 Lakeport Blvd., was first reported just before 4:15 a.m. on Thursday, according to the initial dispatch.
The original report indicated that there was a fire in the roof near the bakery.
At around 3:30 a.m., Lakeport Fire and Cal Fire units had been dispatched to a fire in the 4800 block of George Road where a small outbuilding and about a quarter-acre of vegetation had burned, with units leaving that scene to get to the incident at Bruno's, radio reports indicated.
Just before firefighters arrived at Bruno's, Lakeport Police officers who were at the store reported that fire was showing on the building's south side and on a portion of the roof, with extension into the building.
At that point the officers were working to clear the building, with reports indicating that three employees had been present at that point.
Lakeport Fire units that arrived confirmed there was a working roof fire on the building's south end with extension into the store's bakery area.
Chief Doug Hutchison asked for mutual aid from Northshore Fire as well as a ladder truck from Lake County Fire, in addition to the ladder truck from his district. The Lake County Fire ladder truck later was canceled as firefighters got the blaze under control.
Firefighters worked on the roof of the building, where they reported laying down hose in an effort to reach the fire, which was knocked down at around 5 a.m. The fire was reported to be fully contained at about 5:05 a.m.
Pacific Gas and Electric arrived on scene shortly after 5 a.m. to help with turning off certain electric panels so firefighters could safely work on overhaul, according to radio traffic.
By that point the store's manager also was reported to be on scene and being taken into the building by firefighters to look at damage.
The extent of damage to the store was not immediately available at the time of publishing, with firefighters still engaged in working on overhaul of the fire at that point.
Additional information will be posted as it becomes available.
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Early morning fire contained at Bruno's Shop Smart
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