Emergencies

The Boyles Fire started around 2PM, Sunday September 8 near the Cache Creek Apartments in The Avenues in Clearlake. It spread Northward to 20th Avenue, reaching 81 acres and involving approximately 30 structures. Containment has reached 100%.

The only remaining evacuation order is for the area most effected by the fire:

• South of  18th Avenue
• East of Irving Street
• North of 7th Avenue
• West of Boyles Avenue.

The Ridge Fire started near Walker Ridge Road, close to Highway 20, on Saturday July 20, 2024. It quickly spead to the NorthEast into Colusa County, towards Wilbur Hot Springs. Containment has reached 100%, and all evacuations and road closures have been lifted..

Mon  9:00 pm : All evacuation orders have been lifted, but the specific heavily burned areas have 'hazmat' restrictions.

The zonehaven link is at  Zonehaven Link to Lower Lake Area

The main evacuation point is at the Clearlake Community Center..

Updated Wednesday  Oct 28, 2010  10:00 am.

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A  PG&E PSPS SHUTOFF is in effect  : re-energization for most customers is expected by  Tuesday 10 pm . 
This covers large areas of Lake County.  A FEW  major areas are unaffected -- including Soda Bay, most of Lakeport, downtown Clearlake and the Avenues. The station is  operating on a normal schedule, but the live stream may be down due to lack of internet.

See the overall situation (and customer resource centers) at  https://pgealerts.alerts.pge.com/updates/
and the current map at https://pgealerts.alerts.pge.com/outages/map/ for details. 

The resource centers are open 8 am to 10 pm. They all have restrooms, charging stations and wifi. They are located at :

• Clearlake Senior Community Center, 3245 Bowers Ave, Clearlake, Lake, 95422
• Cobb Hardester's Shopping Center,  16295 Hwy 175 Cobb, Lake, 95461
• Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians Red Hills Property,   7130 Red Hills Rd, Kelseyville, Lake, 95451
• Konocti Vista Casino, 2755 Mission Rancheria Rd, Lakeport, Lake, 95453
• Twin Pine Casino and Hotel, 22223 CA-29, Middletown, Lake, 95461
• Community Baptist Church, 2877 State Highway 20, Nice, Lake, 95464
• Upper Lake Middle School, 725 Old Lucerne Rd, Upper Lake, Lake, 95485

Updated Wednesday  Nov 18, 2020  10:00 am.

August Fire -- Is finally 100% contained. 

The Lake County LNU Lightning Complex Recovery page is at  http://recovery.lakecountyca.gov.  The FEMA asistance information is at http://recovery.lakecountyca.gov/Assets/Recovery/Docs/FEMAapp.pdf A press release summarizing the assistance is at http://www.lakecountyca.gov/Government/PressReleases/LAC090420.htm

KPFZ Fire Schedule.

All talk shows will take fire and other emergency-related calls.