Evacuations mandatory as Lake County fire continues to burn
As a large wildfire in Northern California’s Lake County continued to burn Sunday, authorities required roughly 3,000 people to evacuate and East Bay fire crews were called in to help fight the blaze.
What’s being called the Pawnee Fire had burned about 1,500 acres, destroyed at least 12 structures and was threatening 600 more by Sunday morning, according to Jonathan Cox, a battalion chief with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, known as Cal Fire.
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MONDAY, JUNE 25 EVENTS
Marysville First United Methodist Church will host Vacation Bible School from 5-7:30 p.m. Free for children from 5 years old through middle school ages. Music, stories, games and crafts. Please call (530) 743-3007 to register.
CLUB MEETINGS
The Yuba City Duplicate Bridge Club will be playing games at St. John’s Episcopal Church at 8th and D Streets in Marysville at 12:30 p.m.
SUPPORT GROUPS
The Women’s Bipolar Support Group will meet at 7 p.m. at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 800 D Street, Marysville. Call Rhonda at 7558980 for more information. and Berkeley Fire Departments were deployed early Sunday morning as part of designated strike teams to help battle the blaze, according to Aisha Knowles, a spokesperson for the Alameda County Fire Department.
Cox said the fire was centered near Pawnee Road and New Long Valley Road, northeast of Clearlake Oaks, and was zero percent contained as of 10 a.m. Sunday. The fire was actively burning in multiple directions.
“We have over 200 firefighters now on scene, and more resources have been ordered, both air and ground,” Cox said. The fire is mostly burning through what he called “steep, dry terrain” that had been red-flagged for fire danger prior to the fire.
Both New Long Valley Road and Old Long Valley Road were closed at Highway 20, according to Cal Fire.
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office ordered mandatory evacuations for all residents of the Spring Valley area, according to the agency’s Nixle page.
A shelter was established at Lower Lake High School, at 9430 Lake Street, according to the sheriff’s office.
The fire started around 5:20 p.m. Saturday, Cox said, but the cause of the blaze is still under investigation.
GOVERNMENT MEETINGS
Yuba County Board of Supervisors will meet at 9 a.m. at the Yuba County Government Center, 915 Eighth St., Marysville. Sutter County Board of Supervisors will meet at 3 p.m. at Sutter County Hall of Records, 466 Second St., Yuba City. Marysville Joint Unified School District will hold its board meeting at 5:30 p.m., 1919 B St., Marysville. Yuba City Unified School District will hold its board meeting at 7 p.m., 750 Palora Av., Yuba City. Wheatland City Council will meet at 6:30 p.m. in the Wheatland Community Center, 101 C St., Wheatland. The winning numbers from the California State Lottery on Sunday: