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Firefighters made good progress Thursday, reaching 20 percent containment on the Yolla Bolly Complex in the Mendocino National Forest, according to the report. Firefighters were aided by air tankers dropping retardant and helicopters dropping water on hot spots while they continued to construct line around several fires.
The 13 fires in the Yolla Bolly Complex started the afternoon of Aug. 29 because of lightning moving across the forest, forest officials reported. Some of the fires were not visible from the air Thursday and at last count there were nine confirmed fires in the complex, with four reported contained.
All but one of the fires is located in the Yolla Bolly-Middle Eel Wilderness northeast of Covelo, according to the report. The fires range in size from one quarter of an acre to 40 acres.
The Butte Fire at 40 acres is located on Bureau of Land Management land west of the Mendocino National Forest in an area under the forest’s fire protection authority, the report stated. The Mendocino National Forest Hot Shots are assigned to this fire; fireline construction is completed.
There was one injury reported on the Butte Fire Thursday, when a U.S. Forest Service firefighter was hit by a dead standing tree. The firefighter was flown to a hospital for observation and later released, officials reported.
The Sugarloaf Fire near Sugarloaf Mountain in the middle of the wilderness was the most active fire Thursday night growing to 40 acres. Forest officials reported that the American River Hot Shots from the Tahoe National Forest are assigned to the Sugarloaf and were assisted Friday by a load of smokejumpers and a helicopter that will be dropping water to keep the fire from spreading into heavier vegetation.
Officials reported that the first priority on the Yolla Bolly Complex is providing firefighter and public safety. Approximately 100 personnel and two helicopters are committed to the incident. Additional resources have been ordered.
Aircraft and lookout personnel will be keeping an eye for new fires, Mendocino Forest officials reported, because it is not unusual to find new fires several days after lightning strikes are reported.
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MIDDLETOWN – Caltrans, in cooperation with the Middletown Area Town Hall (MATH), has begun pedestrian safety improvements in Middletown.
Caltrans met with MATH in July to discuss concerns about pedestrian safety and possible solutions, according to Caltrans spokesman Phil Frisbie.
In response to this meeting, Caltrans proposed a number of projects, said Frisbie. They included re-striping existing crosswalks with enhanced visibility “piano key” style crosswalks, adding additional crosswalks at Douglas Street and Armstrong Street, and installing a new “Pedestrians Ahead” sign for northbound traffic entering Middletown on Calistoga Street (Route 29).
These enhancements are meant to increase driver awareness, and may provide a traffic-calming effect, Frisbie reported.
Work is expected to be complete by the end of September 2007, according to Frisbie's report.
“We are excited to be working with MATH to improve pedestrian safety,” said Charlie Fielder, Caltrans District 1 director, “and we look forward to working with Lake County and other local groups to identify additional safety projects in the near future.”
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By 8 p.m. Wednesday, at least 13 fires were found in the Yolla Bolly-Middle Eel Wilderness and one fire, the Spanish Fire, was detected about seven miles west of Alder Springs between Spanish Ridge Road and Markham Ridge Road, according to forest officials.
The Spanish Fire was contained at approximately two acres as aerial resources assisted firefighters on the ground with several retardant drops to keep the fire from spreading, officials reported.
Resources assigned to the fire included three crews, three engines, one water tender, two air tankers, one helicopter and other support aircraft, the Thursday report noted. About 100 personnel worked to suppress the fire.
The Yolla Bolly Middle-Eel Wilderness is located in the northern section of the Mendocino National Forest and spans across the forest boundary with the Mendocino, Shasta Trinity and Six Rivers National Forests.
The steep rugged terrain makes access difficult, officials noted. Smokejumpers and helicopter rappel crews were dispatched to the 13 fires in the wilderness called the Yolla Bolly Complex.
Initially, aircraft and personnel could not reach the fires with thunder cells still lingering over the wilderness area. When the storm passed, the jumpers were dropped from aircraft near three separate fires.
US Forest Service fire managers have ordered additional resources, including hot shots, helicopters and smokejumpers to work on containing the fires in the Yolla Bolly Complex.
On Friday, the forecast was calling for a chance of thunderstorms, forest officials reported. There is a red flag warning in effect for hot temperatures and stronger southwest winds.
Aircraft and lookout personnel will be keeping an eye for new fires on Friday.
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The National Weather Service in Sacramento (NWS) gives Lake County a 20-percent chance of precipitation and isolated thunderstorms today and tonight, while the high temperature is forecast to be near 100 degrees.
Today will be partly cloudy and hot; the NWS predicts calm winds from the west southwest today with a 20-percent chance of rain.
Tonight, isolated showers and thunderstorms could occur with a low temperature around 64, according to the NWS.
The NWS also reports that winds could gust as high as 18 miles per hour.
Over Labor Day Weekend, the NWS expects rain chances to dissipate, but temperatures each day will remain in the high 90s with lows at night around 60 degrees.
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