THIS STORY HAS BEEN UPDATED, WITH CONTAINMENT CONFIRMED.
CLEARLAKE, Calif. – Firefighters are working at the scene of a fire burning structures and vegetation in the city of Clearlake.
The fire, first reported at about 3 p.m. Friday, is located in the area of Snook and Davis avenues behind Foods, Etc., according to radio reports and the Clearlake Police Department.
Units on scene reported over the air that one structure was on fire, with many others threatened as the fire began moving into the wildland.
A short time later, a second structure was reported to be involved, according to radio reports.
Lake County Fire and Cal Fire were first on scene, and have requested a strike team of engines from other Lake County fire districts, with some of those units reported to be arriving just after 3:30 p.m.
Cal Fire also was asked to send air resources on the incident, which firefighters on scene reported is pushing to the north.
Responding units are being advised that power lines are down in the area.
Evacuations of residences were reported to be taking place in the area around the fire, with a medical clinic on Lakeshore also evacuated on precaution, based on reports from the scene.
The Clearlake Police Department is asking people to avoid the area of Davis and West 40th, and the areas behind Foods, Etc. and Westamerica Bank due to the fire.
At about 3:45 p.m., Cal Fire reported that the forward spread of the wildland fire was stopped, with its size estimated at about three acres. Two hours of mop up on that part of the fire is anticipated.
Firefighters at that point were continuing to work on the structure fire portion of the incident.
Later in the afternoon, Lake County Fire Battalion Chief Charlie Diener confirmed to Lake County News that the fire was contained, with two structures burned, and mop up continuing.
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Firefighters on scene of structure and vegetation fire in Clearlake
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