UPDATE 5:10 p.m. — Firefighters are making very quick progress on this small blaze and have already “cancelled the balance,” meaning that firefighting resources no longer have to respond to the fire.
Hose-line has already been laid all the way around the fire.
MENDOCINO Co., 8/26/20 — A new brush fire is burning in Mendocino County, this one in the Vichy Springs area, in the 1800 block of Vichy Springs Road. As of about 5 p.m. the fire was at a quarter acre but was immediately threatening structures. The fire is being referred to as the Springs Incident.
An evacuation warning has been issued, here is the text:
WILDFIRE IN THE VICHY SPRINGS SUBDIVISION IN UKIAH, CA. EVACUATION WARNING FOR THE VICHY SPRINGS SUBDIVISION TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING ROADS: VICHY SPRINGS ROAD, APPOLINARIS DRIVE, ST YORRE COURT, TEHUACAN ROAD, CELESTIN COURT, MEDICINE WAY, AND LUFF COURT.
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