- Elizabeth Larson
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Firefighters control blazes near Clearlake Oaks, Kelseyville
The fires in the two parts of the county were reported about an hour apart on Sunday.
The Water incident, first dispatched shortly before 11:15 a.m., was located on a hillside at the entrance to the Double Eagle Ranch subdivision east of Clearlake Oaks, according to reports from the scene.
Northshore Fire Deputy Chief Mike Ciancio said the fire was located about 30 yards up Watertrough Road, before the subdivision’s entry gate, right off of HIghway 20.
Shortly before noon, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office issued a Nixle alert urging residents in the subdivision to immediately evacuate due to the fire.
There are about 20 ranches up in the subdivision, said Ciancio. “They weren’t all directly affected.”
Ciancio said the fire burned between three and four acres and grass, with no structures damaged. It was 100-percent contained on Sunday afternoon.
He said Northshore Fire and Cal Fire had mutual aid on the incident from Lake County Fire, Kelseyville FIre, South Lake County Fire, the US Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management and the sheriff’s office.
The sheriff’s office sent out a followup message to the community just before 1 p.m. reporting that the fire’s forward progress was stopped and that residents of the area who had been urged to evacuate could return home.
Ciancio said the local fire districts were released from the Water incident throughout the afternoon.
He said shortly after 5 p.m. that two Northshore Fire water tenders remained on the scene along with Cal Fire for monitoring and mop up, a process expected to wrap up shortly.
Ciancio said the fire’s cause remains under investigation.
Shortly after noon, a fire was reported in the area of Larkspur Way and Emerald Drive in the Clear Lake Riviera, based on scanner reports.
Originally reported as a small vegetation fire that had impacted a structure, units on scene reported over the radio that they found that the structure wasn’t involved.
The fire was reported to have been contained just before 12:30 p.m., according to radio reports.
Reports from the scene estimated that the fire burned about a quarter-acre of grass.
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