NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – The US Forest Service said that while firefighters have continued to prevent more growth on the August Complex, it’s expected to take another month to contain it.
The August Complex has burned 1,032,649 acres and is 93-percent contained, the Forest Service said.
The South Zone, which includes the Mendocino National Complex in northern Lake County, remained at 499,826 acres and 90-percent containment, the agency reported.
The Forest Service said there are 737 personnel assigned to the entire incident and 249 on the South Zone.
The complex began due to lightning on Aug. 16 and 17. It’s burning on the Mendocino, Shasta-Trinity and Six Rivers National Forests.
Officials have now updated its estimated date of full containment from Nov. 15 to Dec. 15,
Officials said crews have continued to monitor, patrol and conduct fire suppression repair.
Crews are focused on fire suppression repair in priority areas such as dozer lines around wilderness, in wild and scenic river corridors and locations that are prone to landslides. Officials said they also removed debris from the roads to keep them clear for fire personnel and equipment.
Thus far, crews have repaired 41 of the 218 miles of dozer line in the Zone and nine of the 22 miles of hand line. The Forest Service said repair efforts are being coordinated between the two zones for the entire August Complex.
Resource advisors, or READs, are one of the incident management positions that the Forest Service said are committed to the day-to-day operations of the August Complex South Zone.
The Forest Services said these resources helped develop recommendations for fire suppression rehabilitation of control lines and worked alongside crews and equipment to monitor repair efforts.
Their duties also included providing guidance and identifying potential resource issues that may occur as a result of the incident or incident activities, officials said.
August Complex has no new growth; date for estimated containment moved to December
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