LNU Lightning Complex growth slows overnight; new evacuation order issued for Lake County
- Elizabeth Larson
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Firefighters held the LNU Lightning Complex to a small amount of growth overnight, but on Friday a new evacuation order was issued in Lake County in response to the incident.
As of Friday morning, the complex’s acreage stood at 219,067, up from 215,000 on Thursday night. Containment is now at 7 percent, up from zero, Cal Fire reported.
The fire is burning in southern Lake County as well as across Napa, Solano, Sonoma and Yolo counties, with 30,500 structures threatened. So far, 480 structures have been destroyed and 125 damaged.
Resources assigned on Friday included 1,059 personnel, 102 engines, 31 water tenders, 11 helicopters, 12 hand crews and 34 dozers.
Late Friday morning, officials issued a new evacuation order in Lake County for all areas and residents north and south of Morgan Valley Road – north of the evacuation line previously established on Wednesday – from Highway 29 and Hofacker Lane to Morgan Valley Road, east of Sky High Ridge Road (extending north to Highway), south of SR-20 and west of the Lake County line.
An evacuation warning was issued for all areas and residents along Morgan Valley Road between Rocky Creek Road and Reiff Road.
The portions of the complex burning within Lake County are the Aetna and Round fire, which have merged with the larger Hennessey fire, which also includes the Gamble, Green, Markley,
Spanish and Morgan fires.
Cal Fire said the Hennessey fire was 194,942 acres and 7-percent contained as of Friday morning.
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