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Category: Fire & Emergency
The place to come for breaking news on fires during this year’s fire season — also other emergency and fire department related news.
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UPDATE 11:30am – Two fires in Mendo: 4500ac. in Redwood Valley, 1500ac. in Potter Valley, 0% containment, 11 structures burned, evacuations ordered, 101 closed, two people burned
UPDATE 1pm, 10/09/17: For updates on Tuesday, October 10, please see this article. UPDATE 10:40am, 10/09/17: We’re providing new updates for the fires at this link. UPDATE: 5:40am, 10/09/17: Mendocino County has […]
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Updated 7:50: 135 acre Hopland fire now 60% contained, one lane of Highway 101 southbound closed (video)
The fire is contained.
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Updated 8:30pm: Three county fires in Willits, Potter Valley, and Covelo
The fire is a quarter acre and has a slow rate of spread; crews are on the scene.
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Updated 10:30pm: Fire on Highway 20 in Lake Co, one-way traffic (photos)
Update, 8:55pm, 9/05/17 — One-way traffic control will remain in effect all night, according to the CHP incident report. We’ve added some additional photos we received from a reader, the […]