How to resolve AdBlock issue? LAKEPORT, Calif. – State and local firefighters responded to a small wildland fire reported along the Hopland Grade late Saturday night.
The fire was dispatched before 10 p.m., and was accessed from the 6100 block of Highway 175, near the top of the Hopland Grade on the Lake County side, according to radio traffic.
Cal Fire and Lakeport Fire personnel arriving at the scene found a fire that at that point was between an acre and an acre and a half in size, burning up a slope in heavy fuel and bumping up against the roadway, radio reports indicated.
The terrain was reported to be too steep for dozers, so two hand crews, along with four engines and a water tender handled the incident, according to reports from the scene. They were able to build line and put down hose around the fire’s perimeter.
All but one engine was released by 12:45 a.m., with that remaining Cal Fire engine patroling the fire area through the night, based on scanner reports.
A final size and cause were not immediately available.
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