NORTH COAST, Calif. – Firefighters have made gains in containment on a fire burning since Tuesday on the Mendocino National Forest’s Covelo Ranger District.
The Baseball fire was up to 80 percent containment on Saturday evening, according to the Mendocino National Forest.
The fire’s size is now estimated at 211 acres. Forest officials said the acreage is the result of a more precise measurement of the perimeter after a firing operation on Thursday where crews burned the vegetation between the main fire and an established handline to contain the fire.
The Baseball Fire straddles Glenn and Mendocino counties, 15 miles southeast of Covelo.
There are about 100 personnel on the incident including engines and crews from the Mendocino, Klamath and Six Rivers national forests and from Oregon.
On Saturday, crews continued to mop-up and patrol the fire.
Forest officials said the Baseball fire started from previous pile burning on the Baseball prescribed fire project.
The fire is burning in grass, brush and timber in steep, rugged terrain at a low to moderate rate in a mosaic pattern, similar to the desired effects from a prescribed fire. There are no immediate threats to property or structures.
Firefighters closing in on full containment for Baseball fire
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