LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — Three structures were burned in a Tuesday afternoon fire in the Kelseyville area.

A structure fire with occupants reported to be trapped was dispatched in the 4100 block of Montezuma Way shortly after 4 p.m. Tuesday.

Firefighters responding to the scene reported seeing heavy black smoke.

When they arrived, they found one structure involved. A short time later, two other buildings were reported to be on fire, with 10 others threatened, according to radio traffic.

The California Highway Patrol responded to the scene to close Soda Bay Road at Montezuma Way while fire suppression efforts were underway.

By 4:45 p.m., firefighters had knocked down the fire in two of the buildings and continued to work to stop the third.

Radio traffic indicated there was at least one one of the structures was a home and another was a garage.

Shortly after 5 p.m., a medic unit was requested to come to the incident command post for a civilian with burns.

Incident command reported at about 6:40 p.m. that there was a new incident just down the street.

That incident, dubbed the Bay fire, was reported to be a slash pile, measuring about 100 feet by 80 feet, that had caught fire.

Several units from the scene on Montezuma were diverted to the second incident. Firefighters had stopped the forward rate of spread by 7 p.m.

The Bay fire incident was terminated at around 8 p.m., with firefighters to check it on Wednesday morning.

There was no word on Tuesday of the causes of the fires.

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