NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – Lightning fires that began last week on the Mendocino National Forest’s Grindstone and Upper Lake ranger districts edged upward in acreage on Monday.
The August Complex on the Grindstone Ranger District increased to 181,051 acres as of Monday night, with containment at 11 percent, the US Forest Service reported.
Ten structures have so far been destroyed, officials said.
Resources assigned on Monday included 433 firefighters and 153 overhead personnel, 32 engines, three helicopters, seven bulldozers, 11 water tenders and seven crews.
On Monday, crews worked on structure protection – including removing fuels around structures and improving defensible space – on the west side of the Doe fire, the largest of the fires within the complex, the Forest Service said.
Officials said firefighters continued to construct dozer lines on the Tatham fire and are working with Cal Fire resources to contain the eastern flank, while crews worked on the northern and western flanks of the Glade fire.
The Incident Management Team assessed wilderness fires such as the Hopkins fire for
long term fire behavior and expected growth, officials said.
On the forest’s Upper Lake Ranger District, the Hull fire grew to 3,500 acres by Monday night, the Forest Service reported.
The Forest Service said 108 personnel are assigned to the incident, located four miles north of Lake Pillsbury.
An evacuation warning for the Pillsbury Ranch area that the Lake County Sheriff’s Office issued over the weekend remains in effect.
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Acreage increases on August Complex, Hull fire
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