LAKE COUNTY, Calif. -- The Mendocino Complex has grown to 74,408 acres, in total 14,700 people have been evacuated.
The River fire is at 27,069 acres and 8 percent contained, the Ranch fire is 47,339 acres with 10 percent containment.
Full containment is now expected by August 7, according to Cal Fire.
Mandatory evacuations:
Western Lake County, west of Lucerne at Bartlett Springs Road and Highway CA-20, south of the fire, east of the fire, and north of the Lake-Sonoma County Line to include the communities of Blue Lakes, Upper Lake, Nice, Lakeport, Witter Springs, Bachelor Valley, Scotts Valley, and Saratoga Springs.
Kelseyville, Finley, and Big Valley Rancheria
Advisory evacuations:
Mendocino National Forest within the boundaries of Lake County:
Lake Pillsbury Basin and surrounding area; North of Bartlett Springs Road, east of the Ranch Fire, south of the Lake-Mendocino-Glenn County Line, and west of the Lake-Colusa County Line The Lucerne and Paradise Valley areas, north of Clear Lake, east of the Ranch Fire, south of Bartlett Springs Road, west of Paradise Valley Drive • Kelseyville area, north of Lake-Sonoma County Line; east of Bottle Rock Road; south of Clear Lake; and west of Soda Bay Road, Red Hills Road, and Highway CA-175; including the subdivisions of Soda Bay, Riviera Heights, Buckingham Park, Riviera West, and Clear • Lake Riviera west of Soda Bay Road.
The are above includes Cobb and Loch Lommond.
An additional NASA mapping resource identified by HAM operator KM6FCR can be found at https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/#z:10;c:-122.6,39.0;l:24hrs if not visible below.
Mendocino Complex brief update; additional NASA mapping
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