How to resolve AdBlock issue? LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – After nearly three weeks of work by firefighters, on Friday the Sulphur fire was fully contained.
Cal Fire said the fire’s total size remained at 2,207 acres.
County of Lake and city of Clearlake officials reported that the fire burned 168 structures, all but two f them in the city of Clearlake, with 136 of those being homes. No deaths were reported.
Firefighters first responded to the incident in the early morning hours of Oct. 9.
The fire was managed as part of the Mendocino Lake Complex, which included the Redwood fire, which began Oct. 8.
Cal Fire said the Redwood fire was fully contained as of Thursday. That fast-moving fire killed eight people, burned 36,523 acres and several hundred structures in Potter and Redwood valleys.
Cal Fire fully contained both fires ahead of schedule – the agency had originally estimated the full complex would be extinguished by Nov. 1.
Elsewhere around the region, Cal Fire reported on Friday that the Southern LNU Complex that began in Napa and Solano counties on Oct. 8 also was fully contained.
That complex burned 51,624 acres, destroyed 481 structures and damaged 90 more, Cal Fire said.
Edging closer to being fully extinguished is the Central LNU Complex in Napa and Sonoma counties.
Cal Fire said that complex, which began Oct. 8, was at 96-percent containment on Friday night.
The complex, one of the most destructive in the state’s history, has had 23 deaths attributed to it and altogether has burned 110,720 acres and destroyed 6,957 structures, according to Cal Fire.
As of Friday night, Cal Fire said 270 firefighters, 19 engine companies, two helicopters, four bulldozers and six crews remained assigned to the complex.
Cal Fire said the causes of all of the fires remain under investigation.
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