MENDOCINO CO., 7/22/17 — A one or two acre wildfire is burning near the intersection of Hwy. 20 and Old Lake County Road, in Lake County right near the Lake-Mendocino County line. CalFire has engaged the fire, and reports that it has a slow rate of spread. It’s being called the Lake Fire.
A reader near the fire reports that there is not much smoke, and that it does not seem to be growing. But we’ll be checking in an updating.
Here is a tweet from CalFire:
#LakeFire Report of 2 acres of vegetation on fire -Hwy 20×Old County Rd- near the Lake/Mendocino county line pic.twitter.com/zSmBDDDOtQ
— CAL FIRE Mendocino (@CALFIRE_MEU) July 22, 2017