LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Two weeks after they started, fires in Lake, Mendocino, Napa, Solano and Sonoma counties have moved still closer to being fully extinguished.
Cal Fire said Saturday night that thousands of firefighters are continuing their efforts across the Mendocino Lake Complex, the Central LNU Complex and the Southern LNU Complex.
The fires, which began on Oct. 8 and 9, have burned more than 200,000 acres and destroyed more than 7,000 structures.
The North Coast’s fires have been among the deadliest in state history. Officials have reported 23 deaths in Sonoma County, eight in Mendocino County and seven in Napa County. No deaths were reported in Lake County.
The Sulphur fire, which burned 168 structures and 2,207 acres in Clearlake and Clearlake Oaks, has remained at 96-percent containment for the last few days.
That fire, along with the Redwood fire in Mendocino County, is being managed as the Mendocino Lake Complex.
The Redwood fire in Potter and Redwood valleys was up to 96 percent containment on Saturday. It has burned 36,523 acres and close to 300 structures, and claimed eight lives.
The Central LNU Complex – which consists of the Tubbs, Pocket, Sonoma Nuns and Napa Nuns fires – was at 110,366 acres and 87-percent containment, according to Cal Fire’s report.
The total structures destroyed by the complex is now at 6,492, with another 449 damaged, Cal Fire said.
The more than 3,600 firefighters working on the complex are expected to bring it to full containment on Oct. 25.
Cal Fire said the size of the Southern LNU Complex in Napa and Solano counties has remained unchanged at 51,624 acres, with containment up to 90 percent.
More than 1,200 firefighters are continuing to work on the complex. Cal Fire said they are strengthening perimeter control lines, defending structures and engaging in tactical patrol.
A date for full containment has not been given.
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Region’s wildland fires move closer to full containment
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