LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The effort to contain a wildland fire above Highland Springs Reservoir is continuing, as evening winds are kicking up and creating challenges for firefighters.
The fire was first dispatched just minutes before 2 p.m. Saturday, as Lake County News has reported.
Cal Fire Battalion Chief Greg Bertelli said the fire is located off of the Old Toll Road above Highland Springs on the Lake and Mendocino County line.
He said most of the fire is inside the Lake County boundary.
Shortly before 5 p.m. Bertelli said the fire was holding at about 100 acres with 10 percent containment. By nightfall containment was reported to have risen to 20 percent.
He said the evening winds were kicking up from the west and pushing the fire toward the east.
A hunting cabin and an outbuilding have been destroyed, Bertelli said, adding that protection has been put in place for other structures in the area.
“We're trying to be really aggressive on it,” said Bertelli.
He said the fire had moved from grass to brush to timber. In the trees, the fire began spotting when it hit knobcone pines.
Bertelli said 10 fire engines, six hand crews, six bulldozers, two helicopters and four air tankers were on scene just before 5 p.m.
Radio reports indicated tankers coming on scene were being assigned to work hot spots on the fire. The goal was to prevent the fire from crossing the retardant line tankers had laid down.
Additional details will be posted as they become available.
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