UPPER LAKE, Calif. – Neighbors are being credited with preventing an early Sunday morning trailer fire from getting into wildland or damaging other nearby trailers.

The fire at Le Trianon Resort near Blue Lakes was dispatched just after 2:30 a.m. Sunday, according to Northshore Fire Chief Jay Beristianos.

Northshore Fire and Lakeport Fire responded, sending a total of two engines. Beristianos said Cal Fire was dispatched but later canceled because the fire didn't reach vegetation.

Beristianos said the travel trailer that burned, which he estimated was about 28 feet long, was parked at the resort in a long-term capacity.

The owners recently had been up to cover it up and winterize it, but Beristianos said no one was in the trailer at the time it caught fire.

Neighbors reported hearing a pop or explosion and then seeing fire come out of the top of the trailer, Beristianos said.

Several neighbors then took fire extinguishers and hoses and kept the blaze controlled to the trailer until firefighters arrived, when a flare up occurred, he said.

Beristianos said firefighters were able to get the fire knocked down quickly, with no damage to nearby structures.

The trailer itself was destroyed, he said.

Firefighters cleared the scene at approximately 4:40 a.m., he said.

He said the cause of fire remains under investigation. Early indications are that the refrigerator may have been the source, but investigators need more information from the trailer's owners before they can finish their work.

Beristianos credited the attentive neighbors for their quick action.

“The people around there did a great job of keeping the fire controlled until we got there, otherwise it could have been a mess,” he said.

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