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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — Lake County and state firefighters are working by air and by ground to stop a fast-moving wildland fire near Lower Lake.
The Creek incident was first dispatched shortly before 3:30 p.m. Wednesday in the 10700 block of Clayton Creek Road.
The fire was initially reported to be a quarter of an acre under power lines. Lines were not down, according to the first units arriving on scene.
Within minutes of dispatch, the fire was reported to be between three and five acres in size and moving rapidly, with at least one structure threatened.
The report was reported to be moving up and over a nearby hill and putting off spot fires, some of which were said to be landing along Highway 29.
Lake County Fire was joined by Cal Fire engines and air tankers and air attack, with other agencies from around the lake also responding.
A portion of Highway 29 was reported to be closed, with California Highway Patrol requested to come and assist with traffic control.
At about 3:50 p.m., Incident Commander Chief Willie Sapeta of Lake County Fire called for evacuations on the south side of Main Street in Lower Lake from Highway 53 to Bonham Road.
From the air, Cal Fire air attack reported good progress was being made, with retardant line advancing around the fire.
Cal Fire reported sending several more engines to the incident just before 4 p.m.
Additional resources are coming from out of the area, according to radio traffic.
The Colusa County Task Force reported shortly after 4 p.m. that it was sending four engines and a water tender.
An air tanker from Chico also is prepared to fly to bring more retardant.
Just before 4:15 p.m., radio traffic indicated evacuations were occurring at Rose Street and Teklas Way in Lower Lake.
At 4:20 p.m., the Lake County Sheriff’s Office released an evacuation map through https://protect.genasys.com/ that showed four zones activated. Zone LOW-169 is under mandatory evacuation, noted in red, while LOW-161, LOW-164 and LOW-167 are under evacuation warning, noted in yellow. The initial map also is shown above.
Minutes before 4:30 p.m., Cal Fire air attack said the fire was holding within the retardant lines at an estimated 5 to 7 acres.
Fifteen minutes later, two tankers were released from the fire.
As of just after 5 p.m., the fire was reported to be 28 acres and 30-percent contained.
At that point, the mandatory evacuation order for Zone LOW-169 remained in place, as did evacuation warnings for zones LOW-161, LOW-164 and LOW-167.
Incident command is working with Caltrans on traffic control through the fire area, which was expected to be in place by 5:30 p.m.
There were reports at about 5:30 p.m. of a new spot fire starting in Anderson Creek near Anderson Marsh. Initial response led firefighters to believe that it was drift smoke.
However, after getting another report of a new fire in that area just after 5:40 p.m., a small vegetation was in fact found in Anderson Creek.
By 6:30 p.m., the evacuation order for the zone LOW-E169 in Lower Lake has been reduced to an evacuation warning. Evacuation warnings for LOW-E161, LOW-E163 and LOW-E167 were lifted.
Just before 8 p.m., the California Highway Patrol reported that the portion of Highway 29 in the fire area had been reopened, with work to continue overnight for dealing with hot spots and conducting mop up.
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