Baseball fire reaches full containment
- LAKE COUNTY NEWS REPORTS
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NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – After burning for a week on the Covelo Ranger District of the Mendocino National Forest, the Baseball fire reached 100-percent containment on Tuesday.
The 211-acre fire is located about 15 miles southeast of Covelo in Mendocino and Glenn counties.
Forest officials reported that fire crews will continue to mop up and patrol the fire until the fire is considered out.
The fire started on Tuesday, Feb. 25, after debris piles that were burned several weeks ago reignited on the Baseball prescribed fire project, as Lake County News has reported.
The fire has burned at a low to moderate rate in a mosaic pattern similar to the desired effects from a prescribed fire, forest officials said.
“The Baseball Project is a multi-year effort aimed at improving wildlife habitat, decreasing stand density, reducing hazard fuels and decreasing fire intensity in the event of a future wildfire,” said Covelo District Ranger Frank Aebly. “It was the previous thinning and prescribed burning activities on this project over the years that helped prevent the fire from spreading rapidly and negatively impacting the area.”