UPPER LAKE, Calif. – Firefighters from several agencies responded to a small wildland fire above Upper Lake early Wednesday.
The fire was first reported at approximately 12:43 a.m., according to radio reports.
The reporting party said there was a flash and an orange glow up in the hills. Responding firefighters initially went to the area of Pitney Ridge Road near White Rock Road.
Northshore Fire personnel located the fire, on the main road going to the High Glade Lookout tower, at about 2 a.m., radio reports indicated.
Northshore Fire Chief Jay Beristianos said a vehicle that had been parked in the area about a year ago burned along with some vegetation.
Also responding to the fire were units from Cal Fire and the US Forest Service, Beristianos said.
Beristianos said the fire burned about a quarter of an acre before firefighters controlled it.
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Small wildland fire contained early Wednesday
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