“Fire resources were able to stop forward progress quickly yesterday, despite the challenge of gusty winds,” Cal Fire’s Mendocino Unit said Saturday.
No structures have been threatened by the wildfire so far, although windy conditions in Mendocino County prompted at least 19 fire engines and a helicopter to respond to the blaze.
“Fire resources were able to stop forward progress quickly yesterday, despite the challenge of gusty winds,” Cal Fire’s Mendocino Unit said in a Facebook post. Meteorologists have braced for an earlier start to wildfire season in Northern California as drought conditions persist across the state. On Thursday, the National Weather ServiceMeteorologists forecast that the region will see weekend wind speeds of 15 to 30 mph,Mendocino County was home to the state’s largest ever California wildfire, the August Complex, which burned more than 1 million acres in the late summer months of 2020, destroying 935 acres and resulting in one death.
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