How to resolve AdBlock issue? LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — Fires around Lake County kept firefighters particularly busy on Saturday.
Shortly after 10:30 a.m. Saturday a fire was reported in the 1500 block of East Highway 20 near the Pomo Pumps gas station in Nice.
Northshore Fire, Lakeport Fire and Cal Fire were dispatched to the incident, called the Pomo fire, with Cal Fire sending aircraft that helped contain the fire.
While structures were reported to be threatened initially, not were damaged based on scanner reports, with the blaze running into an area that had burned earlier this year.
Cal Fire said the incident was contained at 16 acres just an hour after dispatch. The cause remains under investigation.
Then, at around 2:45 p.m., a fire was reported at Highland Springs reservoir.
Witnesses reported the fire was started by juveniles with fireworks, and supplied authorities with pictures of them.
Two groups of juveniles were seen leaving, one group running for cover in trees, another group trying to walk out of the area, according to radio traffic.
The 200-foot by 100-foot fire was quickly contained, based on radio reports.
Later, shortly after 11 p.m., firefighters were dispatched to the 13000 block of Manakee Avenue in Clearlake on the report of a residential structure fire.
Firefighters arriving on scene minutes later reported that another two structures had caught fire, with power lines down and some wildland also involved.
Just after 11:20 p.m., firefighters reported over the scanner that they had contained the fires in the first two structures and had knocked down the wildland fire.
The fire in the third structure was contained just after 12:30 a.m., with reports from the scene indicating there would be several hours of mop up.
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