How to resolve AdBlock issue? The fire, in the 19000 block of Mountain Meadow South, was first reported just before 2 p.m., according to Cal Fire Battalion Chief Mike Wink.
Wink said the first units to arrives at the scene found a single-family wood frame home fully involved.
He said no one was at home at that point – the home’s occupants had just left on errands.
South Lake County Fire, Cal Fire, Lake County Fire and Northshore Fire sent a total of 25 firefighting personnel and nine pieces of firefighter apparatus, including engines and water tenders, he said.
Northshore Fire also sent its support team, which helps with logistics, refilling oxygen bottles and doing firefighter rehabilitation, Wink said. Hidden Valley Lake Security also was on scene.
The house was a total loss, Wink said.
“It was burning very aggressively,” he said of the fire.
Firefighters were able to contain the fire to the main structure, preventing it from spreading to houses on either side, Wink said.
Wink said firefighters cleared the scene just before 6 p.m.
There were no injuries reported to any firefighting personnel or the home’s occupants, he said.
Wink said the fire’s cause is under investigation.
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