LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – A hot, dry and windy Monday saw more wildland fire activity in Lake County and other parts of Northern California, while firefighters continued to close in on full containment on the region’s largest incident.
The Spring 2 fire was reported at about 4:30 p.m. Monday in the area of Pawnee Trail on the north end of the Spring Valley Lakes subdivision northeast of Clearlake Oaks.
The fire burned into the footprint of the Pawnee fire, which had been fully contained the previous day.
Resources were called throughout the evening from the County fire in neighboring Yolo and Napa counties to help fight the fire,
The last size estimates from the scene on Monday evening put the fire at 80 acres and 50-percent containment, with one structure destroyed.
More resources are on order to continue working on the Spring 2 fire on Tuesday, according to radio reports.
To the southeast, conditions continued to improve and firefighters gained more ground on Monday on the County fire, which began June 30.
Cal Fire said Monday night that the fire is being held at 90,288 acres, with containment up to 75 percent and 96 structures remaining threatened.
The improving situation led to the lifting of mandatory evacuations along Highway 16 by the sheriff’s offices in Napa and Yolo counties.
Road closures on Berryessa Knoxville Road in Napa County and County Road 40 in Yolo County remain in effect, officials said. All roads within the fire’s perimeter remain closed.
An updated damage assessment puts the number of destroyed structures at 20, with three others damaged, Cal Fire said.
While firefighters continue to work on strengthening containment lines and mopping up, Cal Fire said unburned pockets of fuel continue to actively burn within the interior of the fire.
Resources assigned to the fire include 2,329 personnel, 108 engines, 33 water tenders, 22 helicopters, 47 hand crews and 34 dozers, Cal Fire said.
Cal Fire expects the County fire will be fully contained on Thursday.
To the north, the Klamathon fire reached 36,500 acre and 40-percent containment by Monday night.
The fire, which began Thursday afternoon, has killed one person, injured three others, and destroyed 82 structures near the Siskiyou County community of Hornbrook, officials said.
Cal Fire said a firefighter who suffered burn injuries on the Klamathon fire has been released from the UC Davis Burn Center.
In other fire news around the region, the Dale fire began northeast of Red Bluff in Tehama County on Monday.
By nightfall forward progress had been stopped on the fire, which was reported to have burned 856 acres and was 30-percent contained.
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