Firefighters with Cal Fire Mendocino Unit work the line as a wildfire advances Monday, July 30, 2018, in Lakeport, Calif. A pair of wildfires that prompted evacuation orders for thousands of people are barreling toward small lake towns in Northern California. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
The Mendocino Complex Fire is at almost 363-thousand acres burned and 64 percent containment. Cal Fire said yesterday the blaze that began on July 27th has destroyed close to 150 homes and continues to threaten over one-thousand total structures. The Mendocino Complex Fire, which includes the River and Ranch fires, is bigger than the city of Los Angeles, and would be the 14th largest by area in the entire country. Full containment is not expected until at least September 1st.
Residents of southwestern Glenn County are also being forced to evacuate because of the Mendocino Complex fire. An evacuation notice previously issued for the Pleasant Valley area upgraded to a mandatory evacuation order yesterday. Officials say residents have been evacuated from the Mendocino National Forest boundary west to the Lake County line, south to the Colusa County line, and north to County Road 308. The River Fire was completely contained at about 48-thousand acres last night. The Ranch Fire has burned over 355-thousand acres and is 68-percent contained.
The Carr Fire burning in Shasta and Trinity counties is at over 211-thousand acres burned and 67 percent containment. Cal Fire said yesterday the blaze has destroyed over one-thousand homes and around 500 other structures. Meanwhile, the total number of structures threatened is down to less than 50. Three firefighters assigned to the fire have been killed since the blaze sparked on July 23rd as a result of the mechanical failure of a vehicle.