LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Firefighters responded early Thursday to a report of a wildland fire near Clearlake.

The fire, first reported at about 1:15 a.m., initially was thought to be in the city of Clearlake's boundaries, but firefighters found the blaze was farther out, according to radio reports.

Lake County Fire originally responded and then asked for Cal Fire to send a full wildland response of several engines, reports from the scene indicated.

Fire officials at the scene reported over the radio that the fire, which they were accessing off of Dam Road, is in a very remote area east of Clearlake.

A Cal Fire dozer was requested to respond in order to build a road back to reach the blaze, according to scanner reports.

Just before 3:30 a.m. Thursday, officials at the scene reported that the fire was five to six acres in size, with a slow rate of spread and a slight west wind on it.

At that time a dozer was reported to be working on a road so firefighters could access the fire, radio reports indicated.

Additional details will be posted as they become available.

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