Governor Brown declares state of emergency due to Lake Lake fire

Governor Jerry Brown declared Monday 's state of emergency for Lake County due to a fire that burned 22 structures and caused evacuations in rural Northern California.

The Pawnee Fire, which erupted on Saturday near the Clearlake Oaks community, destroyed 22 buildings and threatened 600 others.

By Monday morning, about 8,200 acres had already burned and there was no containment on the fire. The authorities ordered people to evacuate all homes in the Spring Valley area, where about 3,000 people live.

"The fire has caused power outages, forced road closures and continues to threaten critical infrastructure," said Brown 's emergency statement.

the evacuations Includes all roads used by Old Long Valley Road and New Long Valley Road, north of Highway 20. Also, the Mule Skinner, Long Branch, Watertrough Road, Flintlock, Muzzleloader, No Guns, Antelope, Cougar, evacuations Marianne, Ramrod and Moccasin. .

A evacuation center was installed at Lower Lake High School, 9430 Lake Street. Animals can be brought to the Social Service Center at 15975 Anderson Ranch Parkway.

"What we emphasize is that people, when they get the evacuation order, respect it immediately and go out until it's safe to come back" said Jonathan Cox, battalion chief of the Department of Forests and Fire Protection. "It's one of four big fires burning in northern California, which reminds us that the fire season is imminent."

More than 230 firefighters using helicopters, bulldozers and other equipment were fighting against Pawnee fire in a hilly area that made it difficult to get close to the equipment.

STOLL FIRE

Further north, a fire that stretches about three-quarters of a mile in Tehama County has destroyed "several residential and commercial buildings," Cal Fire said. But firefighters seemed to make good progress – the Stoll Fire was 60% confined and some evacuees were allowed to return home, the authorities said.

FIRE CORRIDOR

A second fire in Tehama County consumed 3,000 acres, but no building was burned. The so-called Lane Fire threatened 200 structures and some homes were evacuated, said Cox. It is 20% content.

CREEK FIRE

A fire in neighboring Shasta County has increased to 1,300 acres and is contained at 30 percent. The so-called stream fire did not damage any structure but evacuated quickly.

The cause of each fire was under investigation Sunday. Nobody was hurt.

"It's sort of the worst combination possible," Cox said.

Matthew Henderson, who was in the area taking pictures, said he saw the fire jump on a road to a place, briefly cutting off access to a part of Spring Valley until the firefighters repel him.

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