Incident Update Lake Fire
- Date:
- 08/04/2025
- Time:
- 7:53 AM
Incident Facts
- Name
- Lake Fire
- Start Date/Time
- 2025-08-03
- Incident Status
- Active
- Location
- Nacimiento Lake Drive and Oak Street, South of Borax Lake
- Type
- Wildfire
- Cause
- Under Investigation
- Counties
- Lake
- Administration Unit
- CAL FIRE Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit
- Unified Command Agency(s)
- Size
- 340
- Containment
- 40%
- Structures Threatened
- Structures Destroyed
- 1
- Structures Damaged
- Civilian Injuries
- Firefighter Injuries
- 1
- Civilian Fatalities
- Firefighter Fatalities
Current Situation
Situation Summary
Update (7 a.m., Monday, Aug. 4): Overnight firefighters contented with 15-20 mph winds, but were able to keep the fire within its current footprint at 340 acres. The focus for Monday's operations will be to continue improving and strengthening the established control lines, mopping up the interior of the fire, mitigating any hazards on the site and providing for both public and emergency personnel safety at all times. Intel 12 is scheduled to be back over the fire to map its size and provide hot spot data to firefighters around 9 a.m. The damage assessment process will continue on Monday. One outbuilding was confirmed destroyed in the fire late Sunday with a second unverified structure having been known to be impacted. One firefighter was injured Sunday evening and was transported to a local hospital for evaluation and treatment of minor injuries. The investigation to determine the cause of the fire remains ongoing.
What Happened
The fire was exhibiting moderate to erratic fire behavior with short-range spotting, as the winds aligned with the topography in the early stages of the fire. Multiple structures were threatened with fire engines assigned to structure protection as evacuation orders and warnings were established. Airtankers concentrated at the head of the fire and established a fire retardant line that was tied into the dozer and hand lines established on the left flank and left shoulder near Pond Road.
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 two evacuation warning zones (CLE-E124 & CLO-E109). By 6:55 p.m., all evacuation warnings were lifted.
Firefighters stopped the forward progress of the fire at 6:15 p.m.
Assigned Resources
Numerous firefighting air tankers from throughout the State are flying fire suppression missions as conditions allow.
- Engines
- 11
- Water Tenders
- 3
- Dozers
- 1
- Hand Crews
- 6
- Total Personnel
- 150