Quick response by firefighters stops Clearlake structure fire
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — Firefighters quickly contained a structure fire in Clearlake that threatened numerous other buildings on Thursday evening.
The fire in the 14000 block of Konocti Street was dispatched shortly after 6:30 p.m.
Initial reports said the fire was burning two structures, with multiple additional structures threatened.
The Clearlake Police Department sent out an alert asking people to avoid the area, and officers closed Konocti Road at Lakeshore Drive.
By 7 p.m., incident command reported that the fire had been contained to one property with minimal extension into the wildland. Additional resources were canceled.
At that point, with the fire completely knocked down, mop up was estimated to take a few hours.
Reports from the scene said the property was abandoned.
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