(FOX40.COM) — A wildland blaze named the Scotts Fire on the north shore of Clear Lake has prompted the Lake County Sheriff’s Office to issue an evacuation order for areas near the community of Nice on Wednesday afternoon.
The agency said at 3:20 p.m. that “there is an IMMEDIATE threat to life and property” in areas north of Lakeshore Blvd., south of Highway 20 and Point Lands Farm Road, east of Nice-Lucerne Cutoff Road and west of Collier Avenue and Lakeshore Blvd.
For those evacuated their homes, officials said a temporary evacuation point has been set at the Upper Lake High School gym on 675 Clover Valley Road in Upper Lake.
Areas on the north and south sides of Highway 20 and towards Deer Park are under evacuation warnings. Check all evacuation orders and warnings at this link.
The Scotts Fire burned 50 acres and is 15% contained, according to CAL FIRE.
At 4:54 p.m., the sheriff’s office said forward progress was stopped and fire suppression crews were in the mop-up phase.
The Scotts Fire started around 2:08 p.m. and in the first two hours had grown to 50 acres with 0% containment, CAL FIRE said.
The fire is about 115 miles northwest of Sacramento and around 50 miles west of where the Sites Fire has been burning since Monday afternoon, in rural northwestern Colusa County.
Live cameras from ALERT California show helicopters making repeated trips to drop water over the flames.
CAL FIRE LNU maintains a helibase in Lake County and shared a video on X on Wednesday afternoon that shows the capabilities of the helicopters that are helping at the Sites Fire and other fires across the state.
The Aero Fire in Calaveras County also started on Monday afternoon and has been burning since.
Both the Sites Fire and Aero Fire, two of the largest wildfires so far this year in California, have low levels of containment.
