Work continues on Carder fire; Heart fire burns near Redwood Valley
- Elizabeth Larson
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KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – Work is continuing to fully contain a wildland fire that began Saturday afternoon near Kelseyville and one that began a short time later near Redwood Valley in Mendocino County.
The Carder fire began just before 2:40 p.m. Saturday in the area of Adobe Creek Road and Peterson Lane near Carder Road, as Lake County News has reported.
By nightfall, the fire had been held to 60 acres with 20-percent containment, and one structure reported damaged.
Fire crews stopped the forward spread of the fire Saturday evening, according to Cal Fire.
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office said mandatory evacuations were implemented in the area of Kelsey Creek Drive to Carder Way and Adobe Creek Road to Peterson Lane.
Officials said the evacuations remained in place overnight, as did road closures in the fire area.
Incident command ordered more resources to assist on the fire on Sunday, according to radio reports.
So far there has been no report on the fire’s cause.
Also on Saturday, in neighboring Mendocino County the Heart fire began within an hour of the Carder fire. Cal Fire said the incident start time was just before 3:20 p.m.
The Heart fire is located at mile marker 35 on Highway 101, west of Redwood Valley.
On Saturday night Cal Fire said the Heart fire had burned 65 acres and was 50-percent contained, with forward progress stopped.
Officials said the fire threatened one structure but had not damaged or destroyed any. Likewise, its threat to electric infrastructure had been mitigated.
The Heart fire is expected to be fully contained on Sunday.
The causes of the Heart fire remains under investigation.
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