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Cal Fire is reporting 30 residences and 16 other buildings destroyed, and four residences and one other building damaged by the blaze.
The Willits ICU is full and some surgeries are being delayed.
Firefighters have contained a small wildland fire on the road to Covelo.
The CHP released new details about the big-rig collision that closed Hwy-101 near Laytonville Thursday afternoon.
UPDATE: 5:15 p.m. — At least one victim was transported to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, and CHP officers are attempting to find out more about the extent of their injuries. Roughly 40 gallons of diesel fuel and four gallons of oil have spilled out onto the roadway. Information about the cleanup effort was not immediately available. UPDATE: 4:45 p.m. — The road is now re-opened to one-way traffic. MENDOCINO Co., 8/5/21 — A big-rig and a small car collided around 2:50 p.m., blocking both lanes of U.S. Highway 101 roughly three miles south of Laytonville, according to information from the California Highway Patrol.
