KELSEYVILLE, Calif. — On Saturday evening firefighters were continuing to mop up after a fire that began in the afternoon and burned several structures in downtown Kelseyville.
The Church fire was first dispatched at 3:05 p.m., with forward progress stopped at 4:29 p.m., said Cal Fire Battalion Chief Mike Wink.
It was initially reported on Church at Fifth street, later moving along Third Street, just a block over from Main Street.
Kelseyville Fire Chief Joe Huggins, the incident commander, said the fire destroyed two homes and two outbuildings, one of which was a large garage with two vehicles inside of it.
The structures that burned were next door to Kelseyville Presbyterian Church.
The fire burned in the creekbed behind Kelseyville Presbyterian, where incident command was located, and was within about 50 feet of the manse, the original church building.
Huggins said the fire burned approximately 3.4 acres.
No injuries were reported, Huggins said.
Shortly after the incident was dispatched, arriving firefighters reported multiple structures were on fire and power lines were down, and evacuations were ordered for all of Church Street.
Incident command ordered all of Church Street to be evacuated within 10 minutes of dispatch, and at 3:40 p.m. ordered mandatory evacuations from Main Street to Highway 29, with Live Oak Drive to First Street placed under evacuation advisory.
Huggins said they had been prepared to extend the advisory evacuation zone to all of Kelseyville proper, which didn’t turn out to be necessary as engines rolled in from around the county to control it.
Engines, water tenders and rescue units responded not just from Kelseyville Fire and Cal Fire but from Lake County Fire, Lakeport Fire and Northshore Fire, Huggins said.
Pacific Gas and Electric also responded to the scene due to the reports of downed power lines by arriving firefighters.
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office and California Highway Patrol were on scene to assist with evacuations and traffic control on Church Street, which was closed off for several hours as fire hoses snaked along the street from hydrants to the fire’s location.
After the fire was controlled, firefighters continued mopping up and putting out hot spots near the creek and around the burnout remains of the destroyed structures.
The evacuations were called off just before 6 p.m., Huggins said.
Huggins anticipated mop up and overhaul would continue into Saturday night.
As for the fire’s cause, “We don’t know yet,” said Huggins,
He said investigators had been on scene to try to determine the cause.
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