ROCKY FIRE August 8, 2015 7:20 am
Yay! 62% contained ! more improvement on the #Rockyfire Rocky Fire Incident Information:The Advisory Evacuation has been lifted for Clearlake area east of Highway 53 from Dam Rd to Highway 20 and Highway 53 west to Sulphur Bank Rd along Highway 20. Yay, no evac for my daughter and friends!
By the end of the day there was a 70% containment.
At 11 am Saturday August 8 all evacuations have been lifted!!!
Small fire causes power outage last night for my daughter and son and friends
Small wildland fire contained near Lower Lake
LOWER LAKE, Calif. – Ground and air resources were called in from the Rocky fire to fight a small wildland fire that burned near Lower Lake on Friday evening.
The fire, in the area of Seigler Canyon Road and Highway 29, was dispatched shortly after 5:30 p.m., according to radio reports.
Cal Fire air tankers and helicopters quickly arrived at the scene of the fire, which was burning in grass and brush, under high tension power lines which were said to be arcing, radio reports indicated.
Cal Fire spokesman Dominic Polito said the fire was held to three acres.
Shortly before 7 p.m., a temporary power outage occurred in parts of Lower Lake and Clearlake, according to Pacific Gas and Electric spokeswoman Jacqueline Ratto.
Ratto said about 6,200 customers were impacted by the outage, which was resolved later in the evening.
She said the outage was attributed to fire retardant being dropped on a power transmission tower.
Radio reports indicated that St. Helena Hospital Clear Lake had to run on generator power for a short time because of the outage.
At least one Cal Fire unit was remaining on scene overnight to monitor the area, radio reports stated.
Email Elizabeth Larson at elarson@lakeconews.com . Follow her on Twitter, @ERLarson, or Lake County News, @LakeCoNews.
The fire, in the area of Seigler Canyon Road and Highway 29, was dispatched shortly after 5:30 p.m., according to radio reports.
Cal Fire air tankers and helicopters quickly arrived at the scene of the fire, which was burning in grass and brush, under high tension power lines which were said to be arcing, radio reports indicated.
Cal Fire spokesman Dominic Polito said the fire was held to three acres.
Shortly before 7 p.m., a temporary power outage occurred in parts of Lower Lake and Clearlake, according to Pacific Gas and Electric spokeswoman Jacqueline Ratto.
Ratto said about 6,200 customers were impacted by the outage, which was resolved later in the evening.
She said the outage was attributed to fire retardant being dropped on a power transmission tower.
Radio reports indicated that St. Helena Hospital Clear Lake had to run on generator power for a short time because of the outage.
At least one Cal Fire unit was remaining on scene overnight to monitor the area, radio reports stated.
Email Elizabeth Larson at elarson@lakeconews.com . Follow her on Twitter, @ERLarson, or Lake County News, @LakeCoNews.
My daughter texted me from her phone about the power outage, so I am not sure how long the power was out. I will add that information today when I hear from her. The power was off until 9:30 PM that night. [August 7,2015]
Last map of the fire Aug 8, 2015:
Rocky Fire Incident Information: see the 2nd update for the day following this first update
