LOWER LAKE, Calif. – Firefighters got an early start on Monday in their battle against the Clayton fire, with air and ground resources mobilizing to continue working to fully control the damaging blaze.
The fire began early Saturday evening on Clayton Creek Road at Highway 29, south of Lower Lake.
Since then it has burned in and around Lower Lake and threatened parts of Clearlake.
Firefighters have matched the fire's aggressive movements with a powerful response, holding the size to an estimated 3,000 acres, according to Cal Fire's Monday morning update.
While the size remained steady early Monday, Cal Fire said the containment did not increase.
On Sunday night, Cal Fire Unit Chief Shana Jones said 10 structures had been confirmed destroyed, and that damage assessment teams had arrived and were waiting for conditions to be safe in order to begin their work.
Cal Fire's online report on Monday morning stated that 100 structures had burned, but officials clarified that the online number really was a combination of damaged and destroyed structures, as they didn't yet have those separate numbers confirmed.
The fire continues to threaten 1,500 structures, Cal Fire said.
As a result, authorities on Monday morning kept all evacuation orders in place, with shelters open at Kelseyville High School, Twin Pine Casino in Middletown and the Lakeport Seventh-day Adventist Church.
On Monday morning, aircraft – which were heavily used for defending structures on Sunday – were once again being dispatched to work the fire.
More than 1,000 firefighters are assigned to the incident, with more resources on the way, according to fire officials.
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Clayton fire acreage and containment remain unchanged; more resources coming
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