Small fire burns in Clearlake Monday night

By Elizabeth Larson | Jul 10, 2012

CLEARLAKE, Calif. – A Monday night fire burned a structure and a small amount of grassland in Clearlake.

The fire was reported shortly after 9 p.m. on Olympic Drive at Burns Valley Road, near Safeway and next door to Lake County Fire Protection District’s Station 70.

Firefighters arriving on scene reported a fully involved shed-type structure along with a grass fire.

The grass fire, contained at approximately 9:24 p.m., burned about a quarter acre. The shed fire was contained at 9:30 p.m., according to reports from the scene.

Another 45 minutes was needed for mop up, with the scene terminated just before 10:15 p.m., based on radio traffic.

Also on Monday, shortly before 9 p.m. a car fire with a report of a small vegetation fire was reported near The Oasis on Highway 20, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Additional information on that incident – terminated about an hour later – was not immediately available.

Email Elizabeth Larson at elarson@lakeconews.com .

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