Fire crews are working to evacuate residents near a wind-driven fast-growing vegetation fire in Colusa County that has burned about a thousand acres, authorities said Sunday.
Around 4:30 p.m., CalFire crews responded to a vegetation fire in the 3000 block of Sites Lodoga Road near Squaw Creek Road southeast of Stonyford, and initially advised no evacuations were necessary.
But the fire’s rapid expansion to about 200 acres, driven by moderate winds, led officials to change their minds, ordering mandatory evacuations near the fire by 5:20 p.m.
By 7:30 p.m., CalFire estimated the blaze, named the Sites Fire, at 1,000 acres with zero percent containment.
Firefighters and law enforcement officials were weighing evacuation orders for nearby towns. No word was available on any threatened structures or injuries.
Check back for updates.
#SitesFire– CAL FIRE Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit is responding to a vegetation fire near the 3000 block of Sites Lodoga rd, Lake County. If traveling in the area use caution. No evacuations issued at this time. Updates to follow. pic.twitter.com/PuMOVumTHD
— CAL FIRE LNU (@CALFIRELNU) August 2, 2020
#SitesFire – Evacuations orders from 3308 Sites Lodoga rd and Squaw Creek Rd, Lake County. Fire is currently 200 acres, dangerous rate of spread. pic.twitter.com/CN8WGVFQnd
— CAL FIRE LNU (@CALFIRELNU) August 3, 2020
#SitesFire – Update – Mandatory Evacuations. pic.twitter.com/33T92seX5S
— CAL FIRE LNU (@CALFIRELNU) August 3, 2020
#SitesFire – Update – Fire is currently 1000 acres, 12 structures are threatened at this time, and mandatory evacuations are still in place. #CALFIRE#CALFIRELNU pic.twitter.com/yNA38cPq1n
— CAL FIRE LNU (@CALFIRELNU) August 3, 2020
Contact George Kelly at 408-859-5180.
