CLEARLAKE, Calif. – The cause of a fire that destroyed a vacant mobile home and a fifth wheel trailer on Tuesday night in Clearlake is under investigation.
The fire was first dispatched at about 8:30 p.m. on Sixth Street, a block north of the Oak Street intersection, according to Lake County Fire Protection District Chief Willie Sapeta.
Sapeta said the fire burned a single-wide mobile home, a fifth wheel and a couple of outbuildings on the property.
The structures were vacant at the time, Sapeta said. “We did a search and no victims were located.”
He said the property had been used by squatters. “We had a fire there about a month and a half ago in the front part of the fifth wheel.”
When firefighters first arrived Tuesday night, power lines were down and arcing, so they couldn't access the fire directly for nearly an hour while waiting for Pacific Gas and Electric to arrive on scene, Sapeta said.
He said there were mobile homes on both sides of the burning structures that sustained some superficial fire damage.
Lake County Fire Protection District sent two engines, a water tender, a rescue and two medic units, while Cal Fire supplied two engines and Northshore Fire responded with one engine, Sapeta said.
In all there were about 20 firefighters on scene, Sapeta said. No injuries were reported.
Sapeta cleared the scene shortly after 10 p.m., at which point he estimated that about another hour of investigation was going to take place in order to conclude on a preliminary cause and origin for the fire.
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Tuesday night fire burns mobile home, travel trailer
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