UPPER LAKE, Calif. – Firefighters are continuing to work on fire on burning since Friday night on private land within the Mendocino National Forest.
The Sanhedrin fire, reported Friday at around 7:30 p.m., is estimated to be 25 acres and is burning south of Little Signal Peak and east of the Sanhedrin Wilderness on the Upper Lake Ranger District, according to a Saturday report from Tamara Schmidt of the Mendocino National Forest.
Schmidt said the fire is burning in heavy fuels, including dead and down trees, in an area burned in 2008.
There was no estimated containment on Saturday night, Schmidt said.
Schmidt said the cause is under investigation.
Smoke from the fire is visible along Highway 101 and to communities on the west side of the forest, she said.
While it is on private land, Schmidt said the Sanhedrin fire is within the US Forest Service-designated protection area.
Schmidt said Cal Fire resources assisted with initial attack Friday night and worked through the night and into Saturday.
On Saturday night federal resources working to contain the wildfire included two engines, one water tender, one Type-1 and one Type-2 handcrew, Schmidt said.
Additional resources, including two Type-1 handcrews and one Type-2 crew are committed and currently traveling to the incident, according to Schmidt.
Sanhedrin fire burning in Mendocino National Forest
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