CLEARLAKE, Calif. – Firefighters spent several hours early Friday battling a fire that burned structures and wildland at a Clearlake kennel facility.
The fire was first dispatched just after 2:45 a.m. Friday in the 2100 block of Ogulin Canyon Road.
Based on radio traffic, the first units at the scene found a mobile home fully involved, with the fire spreading to nearby wildland and into the nearby kennel building, where animals were trapped.
Lake County Fire Chief Willie Sapeta asked for animal control resources from the city of Clearlake or the county of Lake to respond, and also requested Pacific Gas and Electric due to fallen power lines.
Resources from Lake County Fire, Cal Fire and Northshore Fire responded, sending engines as well as water tenders due to a water supply issue, according to radio reports.
Firefighters were reported to be in the process of rescuing animals from the burning kennels. Sapeta asked for more engines, water tenders and help with animal evacuations.
Just after 3:50 a.m., Sapeta reported over the radio that they had shaky containment on the structure fires and that forward progress was stopped on the wildland.
Animal control personnel were reported to be on scene shortly after 4:20 a.m., with the safety hazards related to the downed power lines abated about 10 minutes later.
By 5 a.m., overhaul at the scene was under way and expected to last at least two hours, according to radio reports.
More information will be reported as it becomes available.
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Firefighters contain blaze at Clearlake kennel
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