Sulphur fire nears full containment
- Elizabeth Larson
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Firefighters are continuing to push the Sulphur and Redwood fires that have burned on the North Coast this past week closer to being fully extinguished.
Cal Fire said Sunday evening that the Sulphur fire, which has burned 2,207 acres and 168 structures in Lake County since it began last Monday, reached 80-percent containment.
It’s being managed along with the Redwood fire – which also began on Oct. 9 and is burning in Potter and Redwood valleys in Mendocino County – as the Mendocino Lake Complex.
The overall complex has burned 38,007 acres and is 47-percent contained, Cal Fire said.
Cal Fire said the Redwood fire has burned 35,800 acres and is 45-percent contained.
The number of fatalities remains at eight in the Redwood fire portion of the complex, officials said.
Cal Fire said approximately 433 single-family residences have been destroyed. Local officials said 136 of those residences are in Lake County, primarily the Clearlake area. A total of 242 minor structures also have been destroyed across the complex.
Seventy-five structures remain threatened, Cal Fire said.
Cal Fire said firefighters are continuing mop up and patrol in the Sulphur fire area, where suppression repair is still expected to begin on Monday.
On the Redwood fire, the southeast and southwest perimeter fire lines are holding and firefighters continue to improve containment lines and patrol for hot spots, Cal Fire said.
On the southern perimeter fire line resources continue to actively mop up and extinguish hot spots around structures, according to the report.
There are approximately 900 evacuees affected by the Redwood fire, with the Mendocino-Lake Community College District opening it facilities to the Red Cross in order to be the Ukiah shelter location for Redwood fire evacuees.
Evacuations in Lake County have been lifted, as Lake County News has reported.
Resources assigned to the complex include 2,385 personnel, 125 engines, 31 water tenders, 14 helicopters, 72 hand crews and 36 dozers.
The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday will get an update on the Sulphur fire and begin to discuss the recovery process.
Cal Fire said the investigation into the cause of the fires remains under way.
Full containment on the complex is expected by Nov. 1, Cal Fire said.
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