LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — Firefighters stopped a fire east of Lower Lake on Monday afternoon.

The Butte fire was dispatched shortly after 1 p.m. in the area of Butte Rock Ranch Road at Morgan Valley Road, near the McLaughlin Natural Reserve.

Just before 2 p.m., radio traffic stated that the fire’s forward progress had been stopped.

Later in the afternoon, it was reported that the fire was around 30 acres in size, with units being released.

Information on a cause was not immediately available.

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