LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Firefighters on Sunday were able to quickly contain and extinguish two small vegetation fires, one in Lower Lake and one in Clearlake.
The first occurred in the 19000 block of Morgan Valley Road in Lower Lake at around noon, according to Lake County Fire Chief Willie Sapeta.
Sapeta said an individual was mowing in the middle of the day when he hit a rock, sparking the fire.
Firefighters were able to stop the fire quickly and keep it to only a small spot, Sapeta said.
He reminded area residents that until the rains arrive they should still not be mowing after 10 a.m., and when they do mow, they should walk the area first to look for rocks.
While vegetation retains some moisture early in the morning, by midday it’s dry and primed, Sapeta said.
The second incident, another grass fire, occurred at around 1:30 p.m. in the area of Eureka and 43rd Avenue in Clearlake, Sapeta said.
The fire was behind a house in a creekbed drainage, he said.
“We got pretty lucky there,” he said, with firefighters quickly containing it to about an eighth of an acre.
He said the scene was still being processed on Sunday evening in order to determine a cause.
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