How to resolve AdBlock issue? The fire on Rockys Road in Cobb was dispatched before 3:30 p.m. Sunday, about 45 minutes after firefighters were sent to battle a fire at Highway 29 and 53 in Lower Lake, as Lake County News previously reported.
The Cobb fire originally had been reported as being located on Airstrip Road, with the address later corrected.
Resources were diverted from the Lower Lake fire to respond to Cobb, where they found a fully engulfed home and a small wildland fire with a fast rate of spread, according to radio reports.
By 4 p.m., air attack reported that a containment line had been established around the fire, with the structure continuing to burn.
Live power lines also were down and arcing, with Pacific Gas and Electric responding to the scene just before 4:45 p.m., according to radio reports.
Incident command reported just before 5 p.m. that the fire was contained, with a tenth of an acre of wildland burned and heavy mop up required on the structure.
At that point, incident command requested the Lake County Sheriff’s Office send a coroner, as firefighters had confirmed one fatality.
Forward progress on the fire in Lower Lake had been stopped by that time. Traffic at the Highway 29 and 53 intersection was closed down shortly after firefighters arrived, and one-way traffic was reported to be in effect at around 4:30 p.m.
More information will be posted as it becomes available.
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