Updated 7/19: Lake County Murphy Fire now fully contained

UPDATED 7/19/17, 10:30am — CalFire has announced the Murphy Fire is now fully contained. 7/17/17, 7PM— Route 29 has been re-opened to one way traffic. The Lake County News is reporting that forward progress on the Murphy Fire has stopped, you can read their story here. UKIAH, CA, 7/17/17 — While CalFire continues to fight two fires in Mendocino County, a fire has broken out in Lake County that has closed Route 29 near Hofacker Lane, according to a California Highway Patrol alert issued about 3:30pm. The road closure is at Route 29 northbound at Hofacker near mile marker 15.9, and southbound is closed at A Street near mile marker 16.7.