Incident Update Lake Fire

Situation Summary

Update (Thursday, Aug. 7): Fire crews continue to remain engaged as there are 50 personnel assigned to the fire Thursday (four engines and two hand crews). They will continue efforts of mopping the fire up 1,000 feet in from the established control lines. Crews will also begin pulling hoselays and excess supplies where no longer required.

What Happened

The fire was exhibiting moderate to erratic fire behavior with short-range spotting, as the winds aligned with the topography in the early stages of the fire. Multiple structures were threatened with fire engines assigned to structure protection as evacuation orders and warnings were established. Airtankers concentrated at the head of the fire and established a fire retardant line that was tied into the dozer and hand lines established on the left flank and left shoulder near Pond Road. The dozers and hand crews then continued work and had completely constructed a control line around the fire's entire perimeter by 6:15 p.m. Sunday when forward progress was stopped.

During the height of the fire, there were four zones under mandatory evacuation orders that had 3,386 people who resided within them (CLE-E123, CLE-E126, CLE-E135 & CLO-E113). There was an addition 65 people residing within the two evacuation warning zones (CLE-E124 & CLO-E109). Those four zones under evacuation orders were downgraded to warning status by 5:45 p.m. and by 6:55 p.m., all evacuation warnings were lifted. 

Numerous firefighting air tankers from throughout the State are flying fire suppression missions as conditions allow.

Engines

4

Hand Crews

2

Total Personnel

50