Several Dozen Homes Destroyed in Explosive Lake County Fire
Disaster Alert
August 18, 2021
Source: SFGATE
Approximate impacted areas:
California
– Clearlake (Lake County, 95422)
NOTE: This has NOT yet been declared a FEMA Major Disaster.
The Cache Fire has blackened about 80 acres in Lake County and is 20% contained, according to a Cal Fire update issued Wednesday evening.
Several dozen homes were destroyed and one civilian injured in a Northern California wildfire that erupted Wednesday afternoon in the southeast area of Clearlake, a small city of 15,000 just north of the Bay Area.
“Hopefully we don’t find any things worse than that,” Lake County Sheriff Brian Martin said in a video update on Facebook at 5:45 p.m.
Martin noted that Highways 29 and 53 have reopened with many streets still closed.
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