Small fire burning in Yolla-Bolly Middle Eel Wilderness

MENDOCINO NATIONAL FOREST, Calif. – Mendocino National Forest officials reported that a small wildland fire is burning on forest lands.

The Doe fire started on Sunday and is reported at less than 1/10 acre on Doe Ridge in the Yolla-Bolly Middle Eel Wilderness according to Nancy Henderson, the forest’s public affairs officer.

Henderson said Monday that the Ukiah California Conservation Corps firefighting crew was hiking into the area to work on the incident.

She said the Doe fire is the only fire currently burning on the Mendocino National Forest.