Nearly 4,000 people were evacuated from their homes as a wildfire raged in Lake County on Sunday.
About 30 structures are involved in the fire, which has covered 75 acres and was 10 percent contained as of late Sunday afternoon, according to Cal Fire.
Authorities also said the fire started in Clearlake, near Dam Road and Boyles Avenue. Because of its location, the fire has been named the Boyles Fire.
Evacuation orders have been issued in Clearlake. Evacuations have been issued for “inside Highway 53 to the west, Dam Road to the south, Boyles Ave to the east and 32nd Ave to the north,” according to Cal Fire.
An evacuation map can be found here.
Cal Fire is assisting the Lake County Fire Protection District on this issue and has dispatched air and ground resources to fight the flames.
The first fire was first reported via Cal Fire’s X account as “approximately 3 acres, burning in thick brush at a moderate rate of spread and structures threatened” around 2:45 p.m. Sunday.
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