Incident Update Lake Fire

Situation Summary

Update (7 p.m.): Forward progress of the fire was stopped ant 6:15 p.m. The assessment into any structures destroyed or damaged during this fire is ongoing and the cause of the fire remains under investigation.

Crews will remain on site into the evening and for the next couple days working on fortifying control lines and mopping up the interior of the fire.

What Happened

The fire was exhibiting moderate to erratic fire behavior with short-range spotting, but crews are making progress. Multiple structures were threatened with fire engines assigned to structure protection. Airtankers concentrating at the head of the fire and have a fire retardant line tied into the dozer and hand lines established on the left flank and left shoulder near Pond Road. The right (eastern most) flank of the fire is looking good.

At 5:15 p.m., all four zones under mandatory evacuation orders were downgraded to evacuation warning status. There were 3,386 people that resided within the previous evacuation order zones (CLE-E123, CLE-E126, CLE-E135 & CLO-E113) and 65 within the evacuation warning zones (CLE-E124 & CLO-E109). Those two zones remain under evacuation warning status remain unchanged. 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

20

Water Tenders

3

Helicopters

2

Dozers

6

Hand Crews

6

Total Personnel

200