KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – A barbecue was the source of a Tuesday evening fire that damaged a Kelseyville home.

The fire was first reported shortly before 7 p.m. in a modular home at 6160 Live Oak Drive.

Callers to Lake County Central Dispatch reported seeing flames and hearing explosions. The first fire units on scene found heavy black smoke coming from under the home's eaves and flames from two sides of the structure, according to radio traffic.

Kelseyville Fire Chief Mike Stone said the home's residents had started a barbecue in the backyard.

He said a woman who lives in the home smelled smoke, went out to the backyard and found the barbecue was putting off flames that were going up the side of the house.

All three of the home's residents – as well as their pets – were able to safely get out of the home, Stone said. No firefighters were injured.

It took about 20 to 30 minutes to control the fire, Stone said. “It was a pretty quick knockdown.”

Overhaul of the home took longer, as firefighters had to pull the ceiling out of about a third of the house. “It got into the attic space,” Stone said.

Stone said Lakeport Fire sent an engine, Cal Fire sent two engines and Kelseyville Fire had three engines and a squad at the incident, with Stone and Battalion Chief Joe Huggins also on scene.

He estimated the home was about 1,200 square feet and about 30 percent of that was damaged by the fire. Stone did not have a dollar estimate on the damage the fire did to the home.

The residents will be temporarily displaced, he said.

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