MENDOCINO NATIONAL FOREST, Calif. – Lightning has resulted in two new fires in the Upper Lake Ranger District on the Mendocino National Forest, forest officials reported.
On Tuesday evening fire crews responded to a wildland fire, dubbed the Skeleton fire, on the Upper Lake Ranger District, approximately six miles east of Lake Pillsbury in the Snow Mountain Wilderness, according to a report from forest spokeswoman Sandra Moore.
Moore’s Tuesday night update put the Skeleton fire’s size at approximately 20 acres.
Resources on scene include two engines and a battalion chief with additional resources on order, she said.
Moore said crews are reporting a moderate rate of spread in chaparral, timber and grass.
Fire personnel also are responding to the Slides 2 fire on the Upper Lake district, according to Moore.
Moore said the Slides 2 fire is approximately four miles west of Lake Pillsbury.
The two fires are lightning-caused and it is likely that additional fires may be detected after thunderstorms passed over the forest Tuesday, Moore said.
Light winds are out of the northeast at 5 miles per hour, Moore added.
She said additional information will be provided as it becomes available.
Lightning sparks fires on Mendocino National Forest’s Upper Lake Ranger District
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