Sulphur fire containment continues to improve, Redwood fire acreage up
- Elizabeth Larson
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – A week and a half into the effort to extinguish the Sulphur fire, containment on the fire went up again during the course of the day on Wednesday, while officials also reported a growth in the estimated acreage on the Redwood fire in neighboring Mendocino County.
Cal Fire said the Sulphur fire was up to 94-percent containment by Wednesday evening, with its size remaining at 2,207 acres.
The Sulphur fire is being managed as part of the Mendocino Lake Complex, which includes the Redwood fire in Potter and Redwood valleys.
The Redwood fire was up by nearly 800 acres to 36,523 acres on Wednesday, with containment at 80 percent, Cal Fire said.
Cal Fire said the perimeter is holding on the two fires, with crews improving direct and indirect containment lines and mopping up. Fire suppression repair is under way.
Community members are asked to be mindful of the emergency equipment and personnel still working on the fires and urged to use caution when traveling around the fire areas.
Across the complex, 447 homes have been destroyed, of which 136 are reported to be in the Sulphur fire. Neither of the complex’s fires are threatening any other structures, Cal Fire said.
The number of fatalities remains at eight, according to Cal Fire.
Assigned resources include 1,493 firefighters, 63 engines, 16 water tenders, two helicopters, 47 hand crews and 13 dozers, based on Cal Fire’s Wednesday night report.
The agency continues to estimate that the entire complex will be fully contained by Nov. 1.
The Central LNU Complex in Napa and Sonoma counties, which continued to send large amounts of smoke into Lake County’s air basin on Wednesday, was at 105,080 acres on Wednesday night, Cal Fire said.
Cal Fire said the complex includes the Tubbs fire, 36,432 acres and 91-percent contained; the Pocket fire, 14,225 acres, 63-percent contained; and the Sonoma Nuns fire, 34,398 acres, and Napa Nuns fire, 20,025 acres, with containment on the two fires at 80 percent.
Officials on Wednesday said the number of structures destroyed in the fire was up to 5,791, with 2,435 structures still threatened.
Total deaths that have occurred in the complex rose to 23 on Wednesday, Cal Fire said.
Cal Fire said the massive force working the fire grew again on Wednesday, with 5,755 personnel, 550 engines, 60 water tenders, 32 helicopters, 10 air tankers, 106 hand crews and 87 dozers assigned.
Firefighters working on the Southern LNU Complex in Napa and Solano counties kept the size at 51,064 acres on Wednesday evening, with Cal Fire reporting containment was up to 84 percent.
That fire has destroyed 431 structures and continues to threaten 876 more, Cal Fire said.
The Southern LNU Complex still has a sizable resource allocation working it, including 2,869 personnel, 268 engines, 30 water tenders, 13 helicopters, 60 crews and 17 dozers, according to Cal Fire.
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