A fire on Friday, September 24, 2010, burned an outbuilding and endangered nearby homes in Lakeport, Calif. Photo by Brian Hajik.

LAKEPORT, Calif. – A late afternoon fire in Lakeport burned an outbuilding, burned nearby vegetation and got close to some homes.

The fire was reported shortly before 5 p.m. on Lakeshore Boulevard, according to reports from the scene.

Lakeport Fire firefighter/paramedic Ponciano Hernandez, the agency's duty officer on Friday, said the fire was located in the area of Lakeshore Boulevard and Rainbow Road.

Hernandez said the fire burned an outbuilding and then got into vegetation on the hill.

“We had some houses threatened up on top,” he said.

It took about an hour from the time firefighters arrived on scene to the completion of mop up, Hernandez said.

Lakeport Fire sent three engines, Cal Fire sent a battalion chief and Kelseyville Fire sent an engine, he said.

The cause of the fire is still under investigation, according to Hernandez.

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Firefighters work at the scene of a fire off of Lakeshore Boulevard in Lakeport, Calif., on Friday, September 24, 2010. Photo by Brian Hajik.

Lakeport Fire with mutual aid from Kelseyville Fire and Cal Fire responded to put out the blaze in Lakeport, Calif., on Friday, September 24, 2010. Photo by Brian Hajik.