CLEARLAKE, Calif. — A wildland fire late Monday night prompted evacuations in the outskirts of Clearlake, and was followed early Tuesday morning by a second fire.

The fire, in the 12000 block of San Joaquin Avenue at Palomar Drive, was first reported just after 10 p.m.

Following the initial dispatch, a firefighter reported over the radio that he could see it from Adventist Health Clear Lake Hospital across town.

Within minutes of dispatch Lake County Fire Chief Willie Sapeta called over the radio for law enforcement to respond as he said there would be the need for evacuations.

At that point, Sapeta also requested that the Mendocino National Forest send an engine and a water tender to assist.

Radio reports said there were multiple structures threatened in the fire area.

The Clearlake Police Department sent an email alert about the fire at 10:15 p.m., asking people to avoid the area and reporting mandatory evacuations for Carter Lane and advisory evacuations for Mendocino Avenue.

Minutes later, firefighters reported that people were blocking the road on San Joaquin, making it so that equipment couldn’t get through.

Cal Fire’s helicopter from the Boggs Helitack did reconnaissance over the area. In addition, dispatch requested a night vision helicopter respond from Napa.

Based on radio traffic, firefighters made good progress quickly, and before 11 p.m. they reported that hose line was all around the fire. At that time, the Napa helicopter was canceled just after it had lifted off.

At 12:10 a.m. Tuesday, Clearlake Police sent a followup message to the community reporting that the evacuation warning for the Mendocino Avenue area had been lifted, but that the evacuation order for Carter Lane would remain in effect until 4 a.m.

Police also asked that people avoid the area due to fire personnel working at the site for the remainder of the night.

The fire was reported contained at 12:26 a.m. Tuesday, with incident command starting to release resources about 15 to 20 minutes later.

At the time of containment, a final size wasn’t reported.

At about 12:45 a.m. Tuesday, a new fire was reported near the Cache Creek Apartments on Dam Road.

Some units, including Chief Sapeta, were released from the San Joaquin fire to respond to the new start.

Units arriving on scene found that a tree was on fire and spreading into the vegetation.

Saptea reported over the radio that the fire was about 30 feet by 30 feet in size, with a slow rate of spread.

The Dam Road fire, which burned an estimated one-eighth of an acre, was reported to be out just before 2 a.m.

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