SOUTH LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – After burning for eight days, the Butts Fire was fully contained on Wednesday.
Cal Fire's Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit, which is overseeing the incident, said the fire burned a total of 4,300 acres.
The Butts Fire began July 1 in Pope Valley in Napa County and later burned into southern Lake County, southeast of Middletown.
Altogether, two residences and seven outbuildings were destroyed, and at one point hundreds of residences near Berryessa Estates were threatened, necessitating evacuations and road closures that later were lifted.
Four injuries were reported during the incident, Cal Fire said.
Cal Fire said the fire's cause remains under investigation.
Authorities also are still working to determine the cause of the Monticello Fire in Yolo County, burning on Lake Berryessa's southeast shore near the Monticello Dam.
The fire, which began July 4, has burned 6,488 acres and was 82-percent contained on Wednesday night, Cal Fire said.
Cal Fire said five injuries have resulted from the fire.
On Wednesday, 945 personnel, 71 fire engines, 24 fire crews, five helicopters, nine dozers and eight water tenders remained assigned to the incident, according to Cal Fire.
Cal Fire said all public roadways in the fire area have been reopened. Infrastructure repair in the area is continuing and crews may be working near the roads, so the public is asked to drive cautiously.
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