LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – A midweek Independence Day holiday may result in less travel, but the California Highway Patrol will still be working to keep the roadways safe during its maximum enforcement period, or MEP.
The CHP’s MEP will begin at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, July 3, and conclude at midnight on Wednesday, July 4.
Officers will be on the lookout for drivers who are impaired by alcohol or drugs.
“Do not let a day of festivities turn into a day of tragedy. If you drive impaired, you risk your life and the lives of others on the road,” CHP Commissioner Warren Stanley said. “Motorists will help make everyone’s holiday safer by driving sober, fastening their seat belts, and avoiding distractions.”
Impaired driving does not just mean alcohol. It is also illegal to drive while impaired by drugs, regardless if they are legal or illegal. If you are going out and plan to drink, designate a sober driver or have an alternate transportation plan.
If you are hosting an event, have plenty of nonalcoholic beverages on hand. July 4 gatherings often extend into the evening, as people wait for fireworks.
Stop serving alcohol well before the end of your party. If any of your guests become impaired, take their keys and call them a cab or ride-share, or give them a ride home.
During the Independence Day MEP in 2017, which was four days, 47 people were killed in collisions on California roads.
Within CHP jurisdiction, more than half the vehicle occupants who died were not wearing seat belts.
The CHP also made 1,244 arrests for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs during last year’s Independence Day MEP.
CLEARLAKE OAKS, Calif. – Challenging conditions on the Pawnee fire on Sunday led to another increase in acreage with no change in containment.
Cal Fire said Sunday evening that the incident was up to 14,500 acres, with containment at 73 percent.
Approximately 2,426 firefighters, 123 engines, 30 water tenders, 11 helicopters, 57 hand crews, 34 dozers and numerous air tankers remained assigned to the fire on Sunday, Cal Fire said.
Resources remain at a premium, as the County fire in neighboring Yolo County has continued to blow up, rising to 32,500 acres on Sunday after burning a little more than 24 hours.
The Pawnee fire, which began June 23 in the Spring Valley Lakes subdivision east of Clearlake Oaks, entered its second week in the midst of extremely hot temperatures and high winds
Cal Fire said that while a red flag warning had expired earlier in the day, conditions remained very hot and dry, and the winds were erratic.
The agency said the fire is capable of making sustained runs due to the type of fuels and topography.
Conditions led to a continuing and immediate threat to the Double Eagle Ranch subdivision, located off Highway 20 east of Spring Valley.
The subdivision had been evacuated last week, with residents allowed to return on Thursday. However, with the fire moving back toward the community on Saturday, it was once again under mandatory evacuation order. Fifty homes are reported to be threatened by the fire.
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office reported on Sunday that the American Red Cross closed its evacuation center at Lower Lake High School after no Double Eagle residents checked in there overnight. Any fire area residents needing assistance are urged to call the Red Cross at 707-577-7600.
Cal Fire said an evacuation advisory remains in effect for the area between Highway 20 and Morgan Valley Road and from Sky High Ridge Road and the county line.
On Sunday firefighters worked to stop the fire before it got to Double Eagle, where some of the residents had reportedly stayed behind in spite of the order to leave, according to radio reports.
Fire crews battled multiple spot fires and protected structures, with air resources also working the incident. Animal Care and Control also was reported to be working to evacuate animals.
At one point early Sunday evening air resources were redirected to a small vegetation fire near the Adobe Creek Dam in Kelseyville. That fire was contained at less than two acres, as Lake County News has reported.
Several road closures remain in effect, the main one being Highway 20 between the intersection with Highway 53 at Clearlake Oaks east to E Street in Williams due to the fire, Caltrans reported.
Also closed are Mule Skinner Road at Highway 20 and Walker Ridge Road at Highway 20, officials said.
Full containment on the fire is estimated to occur on July 5.
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NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – The County fire burning in Yolo and Napa counties has jumped in acreage yet again, with dozens more homes now in the fire’s path.
By Sunday evening, the fire had doubled in size over the course of the day, rising to 32,500 acres with 2 percent containment, Cal Fire said.
The fire began Saturday near the Yolo County community of Guinda, and has since moved into Napa County, officials said.
Approximately 116 structures were reported to be threatened on Sunday evening, nearly quadruple the number that had been in danger at the time of Cal Fire’s morning update.
So far, there have been no reports of injuries, or structures threatened or damaged, Cal Fire said.
Cal Fire said firefighters have worked throughout the day to establish control lines, but fire weather conditions remain critical and they’ve seen extreme fire behavior on the incident.
Adding to the challenges are shifting winds that Cal Fire said have created numerous active portions of the fire that have the potential to increase fire spread.
Fire traffic throughout the day indicated that conditions were causing spot fires, with gusting winds in the fire area.
Resource allocations did not appear to have changed significantly from earlier in the day. Assigned are 1,226 personnel, 119 engines, 34 water tenders, 12 helicopters, 27 hand crews and 23 dozers, Cal Fire said.
Mandatory evacuations are in place north of Highway 128, south of County Road 23, east of Berryessa Knoxville Road, west of County Road 89, and in areas served by Highway 128, between Monticello Dam and Pleasant Valley Road, according to the report.
Cal Fire said evacuation advisories are in place north of Quail Canyon Road, south of Highway 128, east of the Blue Ridge mountains and west of Pleasant Valley Road.
There also are numerous fire-associated road closures, including northbound County Road 87 from Highway 128; Berryessa Knoxville Road, from the Pope Creek Bridge to the Napa/Lake County line; eastbound Highway 128 at Markley Resort; and westbound Highway 128 at Pleasant Valley Road.
Officials said Pleasant Valley Road, south from Highway 128 remains open to serve traffic into Solano County.
Cal Fire said full containment is expected on July 6.
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KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – Firefighters have contained a small brush fire that broke out late Sunday afternoon near Kelseyville.
The fire was first reported shortly before 4:45 p.m. in the area of Adobe Creek East and Highland Springs Road near the Adobe Creek Dam.
Cal Fire, Lakeport Fire and Kelseyville Fire responded to the incident, which firefighters initially had challenges locating of Adobe Creek Road, based on radio reports.
Reports from the scene said engines also has issues getting into the site, with fire burning on both sides of the access road.
Thanks to the quick response from engines and from air resources – working on the Pawnee fire east of Clearlake Oaks – forward progress was reported stopped just before 6:15 p.m., according to radio traffic.
Cal Fire Division Chief Greg Bertelli told Lake County News that the total acreage was kept to just under two acres.
He said there wasn’t much wind on the fire, but it was burning in heavy brush and timber.
Bertelli said shortly after 6:30 p.m. that hose had been placed all around it, and that numerous ground resources remained on scene and a helicopter continued at that point making water drops.
“We don’t want to take any chances because the weather is still hot and dry and the humidity is still low,” he said.
With conditions remaining hot and dry, Bertelli asked community members to be extra careful so as to avoid causing more wildland fires.
He said the fire’s cause is under investigation.
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NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – A fast-moving wildland fire that began Saturday afternoon in Yolo County has now moved into Napa County, leading to more mandatory and advisory evacuation notices.
The County fire has grown to 22,000 acres with no containment, Cal Fire said Sunday afternoon.
The fire was first reported just after 2 p.m. Saturday on the west side of Highway 16 near the community of Guinda in Rumsey Canyon.
Cal Fire said it has crossed the Napa and Yolo County line and is burning in the wilderness near Lake Berryessa, west of Woodland.
Overnight, the fire was reported to be very active due to high winds and low relative humidity, which pushed it toward Lake Berryessa, based on radio traffic.
Assigned resources on the incident are increasing. Cal Fire’s Sunday report said 1,064 fire personnel are part of the effort, as are 110 engines, 27 water tenders, 12 helicopters, 29 hand crews and 18 dozers. Air tankers also are working the fire.
Mandatory evacuations have been implemented for the area north of Highway 128 in Yolo County, excluding residences within the city of Winters; south of County Road 23; east of Berryessa Knoxville Road; and west of County Road 89, where agricultural industry traffic will be allowed, Cal Fire said.
Although officials have not reported the fire to be within Solano County, due to its rapid spread the Solano County Sheriff’s Office also issued an evacuation advisory for the areas north of Quail Canyon Road, south of Highway 128, east of the Blue Ridge mountains and west of Pleasant Valley Road.
On Sunday afternoon, Cal Fire said its Incident Management Team 3 – which over the past week has been in charge of the Pawnee fire east of Clearlake Oaks – been tasked with supporting the Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit in working to contain the County fire.
Cal Fire said it had set up its operations basecamp for the incident at the Yolo County Fairgrounds, which residents were asked to avoid due to the large equipment. . Email Elizabeth Larson at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Follow her on Twitter, @ERLarson, or Lake County News, @LakeCoNews.
CLEARLAKE OAKS, Calif. – Conditions on the Pawnee fire on Saturday night led to authorities keeping in place a renewed evacuation order for a nearby subdivision as the fire moved closer to Highway 20.
Cal Fire’s Saturday night update put the fire’s overall size at 13,850 acres, with containment at 73 percent.
Strong north winds were impacting the fire overnight. Shortly before 1:30 a.m. Sunday, the fire was reported to be moving closer to Highway 20.
About an hour later, its activity was reported to have slowed as winds died down.
The fire’s flareup jumped containment lines and pushed toward the Double Eagle Ranch Subdivision off of Highway 20.
The subdivision, which had been under a mandatory evacuation order for several days until Thursday, was ordered to evacuate again due to the flareup.
With 50 structures threatened, residents remained under the evacuation order on Saturday night, Cal Fire reported.
Cal Fire said an evacuation advisory was in effect overnight for the area between Highway 20 and Morgan Valley Road, from Sky High Ridge Road and the county line, Mule Skinner Road from Highway 20 and Walker Ridge Road from Highway 20.
The evacuation center, located at Lower Lake High School, reopened for subdivision residents.
Cal Fire’s Saturday night report said 2,269 firefighters, 94 engines, 26 water tenders, 12 helicopters, 53 hand crews and 25 dozers remain assigned to the incident.
Cal Fire still anticipates the fire will be fully contained by July 3.
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NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – A wildland fire in Yolo County grew dramatically on Saturday and into Sunday morning, tearing through thousands of acres and causing evacuations to remain in place.
The County fire, originally the Guinda fire, is burning along Highway 16 in the community of Guida.
On Saturday night it was reported to be 8,000 acres, with zero containment, Cal Fire said.
That number nearly doubled during the night; just after 4 a.m. Sunday, reports from the scene said it had been mapped at 15,000 acres.
It is endangering 30 structures and has resulted in evacuations in an area west of Highway 16 from County Road 63 to County Road 76 and the Murphy Ranch area.
The fire began shortly after 2 p.m. Saturday, and quickly began burning east into canyons and onto ridges.
Radio reports on Saturday night stated that the fire was being pushed by strengthening winds from the north with gusts of more than 30 miles per hour per hour expected. That wind activity slowed as morning approached.
Other factors that Cal Fire said are involved in fanning the fire are high temperatures and low relative humidity, part of weekend red flag conditions.
Assigned resources on Sunday night included 41 engines, eight water tenders, 11 helicopters, 10 hand crews, 17 dozers and nine air tankers, Cal Fire said.
Cal Fire said the County fire’s cause is under investigation.
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The 1847 Benjamin Franklin stamp. Public domain image.
Well into the 1820s in America, sending a piece of mail or package over to the next town was often the most vexing of all problems – that is, if starting point and destination did not both happen to lie on a stage or post line.
Let’s pretend, for instance, that it’s the fall of 1828 and John Moses, carpenter from South Dewbury, Connecticut, is working on the construction of a new building in the nearby town of Bucksboro, some 40 miles from his home.
A chill has come over the land and Mrs. Moses, fearing her dear Johnny will be caught unprepared for these frigid temperatures, wants to send him his favorite knit scarf. How would she get it to him?
Bucksboro is miles off the stage line that ran through South Dewbury. Sending it by mail would be absurd, between having to travel to the nearest post office some ten miles in Dorchester and then paying more for the postman to go out of his way to get to Bucksboro.
After a morning of worry over the subject, Mrs. Moses wraps the knit scarf in some newspaper and sets out for the two-mile jaunt to the nearest tavern, where the local stagecoach regularly stops.
“Well yes ma’am, I can get it to him,” Thackery Ricketts, the stage-driver, admits reluctantly, as if carrying parcels wasn’t the most lucrative side business of his. “Of course, I can’t take it all the way to Bucksboro, but I can leave it over at the tavern at Burntree Corners, and they can send it over from there.”
“Well that’s a pregnant idea!” cries Mrs. Moses with delight, before a cloud crosses her face. “But how much will that cost?”
Squinting eyes appraise his latest customer. “Well, fifteenpence in advance is the regular fee for that distance,” Thackery says slowly.
“My goodness! That’s an awful lot.”
“Well now, let me see. Don’t go tellin’ nobody, but just for you, I’ll make it a shilling.” Delighted at having found a way to get the scarf to her dearest, Mrs. Moses hands the parcel over and returns home.
“Got anybody going to Bucksboro,” Thackery asks several hours later of the landlord of the “Dueling Arms Tavern” at Burntree Corners.
“Jedidiah heads over tha’ way with his wagon on Fridays,” the landlord says.
“Here, got a package for a fella named John Moses. He’s building a new building up there and his wife wanted him to have his scarf. My charges are paid, but no more,” Thackery informs the man before clambering back aboard his stage.
“Here, package for a John Moses, a wandering carpenter working on a new building in Bucksboro,” the landlord tells Jedidiah three days later, on Friday.
Since his destination is beyond Bucksboro, Jedidiah doesn’t have time to go looking for this John Moses character, so he drops the now well-travelled parcel off at the local tavern.
“Eighteenpence owed on it,” he informs the landlord after telling him who it’s for. The landlord, depending on how good a customer this John is, might add an additional shilling on top of the fee to cover his own “inconvenience.”
And so, assuming the knit scarf didn’t get lost on the way, John Moses would receive his wife’s token of love about a week later, and at a cost that in today’s age of free delivery would send most of us into a long twitter rant.
All of this was at no fault to the United States Postal Office—a venerable institution created by the Second Continental Congress in 1774 and further embellished in later years. In many cases in early America, the postman had to hack his way through overgrown paths and risk exposure to the elements in winter and summer. How would he have time to go out of his way to deliver a scarf to some carpenter in Bucksboro?
Well, over the decades, the network of postal routes expanded, following the growth of steamer lines and locomotives. But it took almost a century for the basic system of payments to change from charging collect to paying a flat fee up front.
A major step in that change was the issuing of the first United States postage stamp. The first of these now all-too familiar square pieces of paper went on sale in New York for the first time on July 1, 1847.
The subject of the first stamp was Benjamin Franklin, the Postmaster General for England in the years leading up to the Revolution (among having a few other notable achievements, I’ve been told).
Imagine how happy the Mrs. Moseses of the country were at this latest innovation. Now THAT was a pregnant idea.
Antone Pierucci is curator of history at the Riverside County Park and Open Space District and a freelance writer whose work has been featured in such magazines as Archaeology and Wild West as well as regional California newspapers.
“Rt. 66 West to East and Back.” This contemporary quilt pieced by Jackie Owens and quilted by Marian Drain came together from a road trip from Lakeport to Florida stopping at fabric stores along the route. Courtesy photo.
LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Ladies of the Lake Quilt Guild invites entries for its 17th annual Falling Leaves Quilt Show.
The show will be held Saturday, Oct. 6, and Sunday, Oct. 7.
The show organizers are calling for quilts from within the community to include in our show.
Entry forms are available now through Aug. 11 on the group’s Web site, or by contacting Barbara Haddon at 415-209-3044 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
You don’t need to be a member of the guild to enter your quilts. There is a need for quilts of all sizes as well as vignettes. Vignettes are small items such as baby quilts, doll quilts, table runners, placemats, garments, totes/purses or small wall hangings.
If you would like to enter your quilt, an entry form must be submitted by Aug. 11.
“Violet.” Beginning quilter Catherine Stone learned paper-piecing from a class given by Kathy Sweet. Stone received a ribbon from VIP Judge Lynne Bruner. Quilting was done by Marian Drain. Courtesy photo.
There is no limit on the number of quilts you may enter but each quilt entered must have its own entry form.
Quilters may choose to have their quilts or vignettes judged or to enter quilts and vignettes without judging. Many quilters find it beneficial to have their quilts judged, learning much from an impartial evaluation. The judges are very positive and will award ribbons in several areas.
The Ladies of the Lake Quilt Guild’s 17th annual Falling Leaves Quilt Show is held at the Lake County Fairgrounds in Lakeport on October 6 and 7. The hours on Saturday are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The guild welcomes all quilters, prospective quilters, and quilt lovers to its meetings and events.
For more information about the quilt guild, contact Terry Phelps at 707-274-1855 or visit the Ladies of the Lake Quilt Guild Web site at www.LLQG.org.
“Red, White & Blue Vintage Sampler.” Lela Prather pieced and quilted this traditional quilt with bright red, white and blues. Courtesy photo.
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Lake County Animal Care and Control has five dogs waiting for their new forever homes this week.
Dogs available for adoption this week include mixes of border collie, Labrador Retriever, mastiff, pit bull and shepherd.
Dogs that are adopted from Lake County Animal Care and Control are either neutered or spayed, microchipped and, if old enough, given a rabies shot and county license before being released to their new owner. License fees do not apply to residents of the cities of Lakeport or Clearlake.
If you're looking for a new companion, visit the shelter. There are many great pets hoping you'll choose them.
The following dogs at the Lake County Animal Care and Control shelter have been cleared for adoption (additional dogs on the animal control Web site not listed are still “on hold”).
This young male border collie is in kennel No. 11, ID No. 10334. Photo courtesy of Lake County Animal Care and Control.
Male border collie
This young male border collie has a short black and white coat.
He’s in kennel No. 11, ID No. 10334.
This female shepherd mix is in kennel No. 22, ID No. 10358. Photo courtesy of Lake County Animal Care and Control.
Female shepherd mix
This female shepherd mix has a short brown and black coat.
She’s in kennel No. 22, ID No. 10358.
This male mastiff mix is in kennel No. 26, ID No. 10191. Photo courtesy of Lake County Animal Care and Control.
Male mastiff mix
This male mastiff mix has a short tan and white coat.
He’s in kennel No. 26, ID No. 10191.
This male mastiff mix is in kennel No. 27, ID No. 10192. Photo courtesy of Lake County Animal Care and Control. Male mastiff mix
This male mastiff mix has a short tan and white coat.
He’s in kennel No. 27, ID No. 10192.
This male Labrador Retriever-pit bull mix is in kennel No. 31, ID No. 10082. Photo courtesy of Lake County Animal Care and Control.
Labrador Retriever-pit bull mix
This male Labrador Retriever-pit bull mix has a medium-length brown and black coat.
He already has been neutered.
He’s in kennel No. 31, ID No. 10082.
Lake County Animal Care and Control is located at 4949 Helbush in Lakeport, next to the Hill Road Correctional Facility.
Office hours are Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday. The shelter is open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
For more information call Lake County Animal Care and Control at 707-263-0278.
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Using observations from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and ground-based observatories, an international team of scientists have confirmed ′Oumuamua (oh-MOO-ah-MOO-ah), the first known interstellar object to travel through our solar system, got an unexpected boost in speed and shift in trajectory as it passed through the inner solar system last year.
“Our high-precision measurements of ′Oumuamua’s position revealed that there was something affecting its motion other than the gravitational forces of the Sun and planets," said Marco Micheli of ESA’s (European Space Agency) Space Situational Awareness Near-Earth Object Coordination Centre in Frascati, Italy, and lead author of a paper describing the team's findings.
Analyzing the trajectory of the interstellar visitor, co-author Davide Farnocchia of the Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) found that the speed boost was consistent with the behavior of a comet.
“This additional subtle force on ′Oumuamua likely is caused by jets of gaseous material expelled from its surface,” said Farnocchia. “This same kind of outgassing affects the motion of many comets in our solar system.”
Comets normally eject large amounts of dust and gas when warmed by the Sun. But according to team scientist Olivier Hainaut of the European Southern Observatory, “there were no visible signs of outgassing from ′Oumuamua, so these forces were not expected.”
The team estimates that ′Oumuamua’s outgassing may have produced a very small amount of dust particles – enough to give the object a little kick in speed, but not enough to be detected.
Karen Meech, an astronomer at the University of Hawaii’s Institute of Astronomy and co-author of the study, speculated that small dust grains, present on the surface of most comets, eroded away during ′Oumuamua's long journey through interstellar space.
"The more we study ′Oumuamua, the more exciting it gets," Meech said. "I'm amazed at how much we have learned from a short, intense observing campaign. I can hardly wait for the next interstellar object!"
′Oumuamua, less than half a mile in length, now is farther away from our Sun than Jupiter and traveling away from the Sun at about 70,000 mph as it heads toward the outskirts of the solar system. In only another four years, it will pass Neptune’s orbit on its way back into interstellar space.
Because ′Oumuamua is the first interstellar object ever observed in our solar system, researchers caution that it’s difficult to draw general conclusions about this newly-discovered class of celestial bodies. However, observations point to the possibility that other star systems regularly eject small comet-like objects and there should be more of them drifting among the stars.
Future ground- and space-based surveys could detect more of these interstellar vagabonds, providing a larger sample for scientists to analyze.
The international team of astronomers used observations from Hubble, the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope in Hawaii, and the Gemini South Telescope and European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope in Chile.
The paper with the team’s findings appeared in the June 27 issue of the journal Nature.
JPL hosts CNEOS for the agency’s Near-Earth Object Observations Program, an element of the Planetary Defense Coordination Office within the agency's Science Mission Directorate. Hubble is a project of international cooperation between NASA and ESA. NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, manages Hubble. The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore conducts Hubble science operations.
This illustration shows ‘Oumuamua racing toward the outskirts of our solar system. As the complex rotation of the object makes it difficult to determine the exact shape, there are many models of what it could look like. Credits: NASA/ESA/STScI
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA — A wildland fire that began in Yolo County on Saturday afternoon has grown rapidly and resulted in evacuations.
The County fire was first reported shortly after 2 p.m. Saturday at the area of County Road 63 and Highway 16 near Guinda in Rumsey Canyon, according to Cal Fire.
The fire has resulted in evacuations for an area west of Highway 16, with an evacuation center set up at Rumsey Grange Hall, officials said.
The County fire is reported to be moving into canyons and over ridges to the west of Highway 16.
A Cal Fire report issued just after 5 p.m. estimated the fire’s size at 1,000 acres.
About an hour later, radio reports from the scene estimated it had grown to almost 4,000 acres and was up against Blue Ridge in the Knoxville area, where spotting was occurring.
The fire is being driven by red flag weather conditions consisting of high temperatures, gusty winds and low humidities, Cal Fire said
Early Saturday evening, Cal Fire said there were 38 fire engines, 10 fire crews, 12 helicopters, seven dozers and eight water tenders, along with tankers and air attack working the incident.
Hotshot teams also were responding and more resources are on the way, Cal Fire said.
The County fire began shortly before a flareup occurred on the Pawnee fire east of Clearlake Oaks in Lake County, as Lake County News has reported.
That flareup resulted in another mandatory evacuation order for the Double Eagle Ranch subdivision as well as an advisory evacuation for residents south of Highway 20 between Morgan Valley Road and Highway 16.
A short time later, Highway 20 between Highway 53 and Highway 16 also was closed due to fire activity, authorities said.
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