Quick response by firefighters stops Clearlake structure fire

By Elizabeth Larson | Jul 1, 2022
Firefighters work at the scene of a structure fire on Konocti Street in Clearlake, California, on Thursday, June 30, 2022. Photo courtesy of Clearlake Police Chief Andrew White.

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — Firefighters quickly contained a structure fire in Clearlake that threatened numerous other buildings on Thursday evening.

The fire in the 14000 block of Konocti Street was dispatched shortly after 6:30 p.m.

Initial reports said the fire was burning two structures, with multiple additional structures threatened.

The Clearlake Police Department sent out an alert asking people to avoid the area, and officers closed Konocti Road at Lakeshore Drive.

By 7 p.m., incident command reported that the fire had been contained to one property with minimal extension into the wildland. Additional resources were canceled.

At that point, with the fire completely knocked down, mop up was estimated to take a few hours.

Reports from the scene said the property was abandoned.

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A fire burned two structures at a property on Konocti Street in Clearlake, California, on Thursday, June 30, 2022. Photo courtesy of Clearlake Police Chief Andrew White.