How to resolve AdBlock issue? CLEARLAKE PARK, Calif. – Fire officials are investigating the cause of a Sunday morning fire that destroyed a mobile home.
The fire occurred at 3126 12th St. in Clearlake Park on Sunday, March 20, according to Lake County Fire Protection District Battalion Chief Willie Sapeta.
Sapeta said the fire was dispatched at 2:25 a.m., with firefighters arriving on scene five minute later.
“It was basically down to the ground by the time we got dispatched,” Sapeta said, adding that it was a total loss, with the roof and awnings already down by their arrival.
No one was hurt, as the mobile home was unoccupied at the time, Sapeta said.
Neighbors reported hearing loud explosions, which Sapeta said came from an exploding propane tank as well as the exploding tires on a nearby vehicle that also burned.
No other structures were in danger, with Sapeta explaining that the wind blew the smoke and fire away from adjacent structures.
Sapeta said Lake County Fire sent two engines, a water tender, a rescue unit, two medic units and two battalion chiefs.
It took firefighters a couple hours to overhaul the structure, with the units returning to quarters just after 6 a.m. Sunday, Sapeta said.
He said the fire's cause is still under investigation.
On Thursday Sapeta said the district had had no other structure fires since the Clearlake Park blaze, although they responded to a fire in an abandoned vehicle on Boyles Avenue on Wednesday night.
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