From ABC7News
A wildfire burning that started Sunday afternoon near Lower Lake in Lake County has exploded to 2,000 acres and has prompted mandatory evacuations.
The Lake County Sheriff's Office has issued a mandatory evacuation order for the Jerusalem Valley area east of Soda Creek. Jerusalem Valley Road is closed to all traffic at Spruce Grove Road. Fire personnel and emergency vehicles will be working in the area.
The wildfire is being fought aggressively with five air tankers and three helicopters. Some resources from the Rocky Fire have been diverted to this new wildfire.
Officials say the Jerusalem Fire is burning about seven miles southwest of the Rocky Fire, which has burned nearly 70,000 acres since it started on July 29.
More info and photos: http://abc7news.com/news/jerusalem-fire ... ty/916863/
UPDATE: Newest Clear Lake Fire-14,000 acres, New Evacuations & Road Closures
Re: Another Clear Lake Fire: Evacuation Lake County-Jerusalem Fire 7 miles SW of Rocky Fire
Ya. Just what we needed 
pretty windy tonight so that's not helping
pretty windy tonight so that's not helpingRe: Another Clear Lake Fire: Evacuation Lake County-Jerusalem Fire 7 miles SW of Rocky Fire
Yeah and started by a dude lighting an illegal backfire to protect his grow operation. Thanks a lot a-hole.
I would rather jog home from my own Vasectomy than spend Saturday at the mall.
UPDATE: Newest Clear Lake Fire-14,000 acres, New Evacuations & Road Closures
From KRCA
LOWER LAKE, Calif. —Additional mandatory evacuations have been ordered because of the latest fire burning in the Lake County area.
The so-called Jerusalem Fire has burned 14,000 acres and is 5 percent contained.
Cal Fire officials said Tuesday afternoon that the latest evacuation order is for Morgan Valley Road from the Reiff Road intersection east to the Napa County line, and from Reiff Road from the Morgan Valley Road intersection east to the Yolo County line.
An evacuation center has been set up at Middletown High School, and a shelter for pets has been set up at the Old Water Park in Clearlake.
The fire is burning in steep, rugged terrain, south of the Rocky Fire, which has already charred nearly 70,000 acres but is 88 percent contained.
After growing rapidly overnight, the Jerusalem Fire was moving slowly most of the day Tuesday but picked up as the temperatures increased during the afternoon hours.
A plume of smoke from the fire was captured Tuesday afternoon by LiveCopter3 as it was flying in downtown Sacramento.
The wildfire was reported about 3:30 p.m. Sunday near the community of Lower Lake, immediately prompting mandatory evacuations for residents near the Jerusalem Valley area near Spruce Grove.
Road closures include: Jerusalem Valley Road at Spruce Grove Road, Morgan Valley Road from Reiff Road southeast to the Napa County line, Reiff Road to Morgan Valley Road east to the Yolo County line and Berryessa Knoxville Road from Lake Berryessa north.
More info and video: http://www.kcra.com/california-wildfire ... s/34649962
LOWER LAKE, Calif. —Additional mandatory evacuations have been ordered because of the latest fire burning in the Lake County area.
The so-called Jerusalem Fire has burned 14,000 acres and is 5 percent contained.
Cal Fire officials said Tuesday afternoon that the latest evacuation order is for Morgan Valley Road from the Reiff Road intersection east to the Napa County line, and from Reiff Road from the Morgan Valley Road intersection east to the Yolo County line.
An evacuation center has been set up at Middletown High School, and a shelter for pets has been set up at the Old Water Park in Clearlake.
The fire is burning in steep, rugged terrain, south of the Rocky Fire, which has already charred nearly 70,000 acres but is 88 percent contained.
After growing rapidly overnight, the Jerusalem Fire was moving slowly most of the day Tuesday but picked up as the temperatures increased during the afternoon hours.
A plume of smoke from the fire was captured Tuesday afternoon by LiveCopter3 as it was flying in downtown Sacramento.
The wildfire was reported about 3:30 p.m. Sunday near the community of Lower Lake, immediately prompting mandatory evacuations for residents near the Jerusalem Valley area near Spruce Grove.
Road closures include: Jerusalem Valley Road at Spruce Grove Road, Morgan Valley Road from Reiff Road southeast to the Napa County line, Reiff Road to Morgan Valley Road east to the Yolo County line and Berryessa Knoxville Road from Lake Berryessa north.
More info and video: http://www.kcra.com/california-wildfire ... s/34649962
Re: UPDATE: Newest Clear Lake Fire-14,000 acres, New Evacuations & Road Closures
From KQED
Update, 7:55 a.m.: Here’s our semi-daily acreage update from Cal Fire: The Jerusalem Fire has grown to 16,500 acres, or 26 square miles, and is 6 percent contained.
The agency’s latest public fire map, depicting conditions about 9 p.m. Tuesday, shows the main growth of the fire during the day Tuesday was to the east and northeast, crossing the northwestern border of Yolo County and the extreme northeastern edge of Napa County. While crews managed to more or less hold containment on the north, west and south borders of the fire, the blaze burned across Knoxville-Berryessa Road, which managers had hoped to hold as the eastern edge of the fire. Their new goal is to keep the fire west of Blue Ridge, just west of Highway 16 and the northern end of the Capay Valley.
More info: http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/08/11/mor ... cond-blaze
Update, 7:55 a.m.: Here’s our semi-daily acreage update from Cal Fire: The Jerusalem Fire has grown to 16,500 acres, or 26 square miles, and is 6 percent contained.
The agency’s latest public fire map, depicting conditions about 9 p.m. Tuesday, shows the main growth of the fire during the day Tuesday was to the east and northeast, crossing the northwestern border of Yolo County and the extreme northeastern edge of Napa County. While crews managed to more or less hold containment on the north, west and south borders of the fire, the blaze burned across Knoxville-Berryessa Road, which managers had hoped to hold as the eastern edge of the fire. Their new goal is to keep the fire west of Blue Ridge, just west of Highway 16 and the northern end of the Capay Valley.
More info: http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/08/11/mor ... cond-blaze
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