MENDOCINO NATIONAL FOREST, Calif. – A contractor working in the Ranch fire area on the Mendocino National Forest has died in a vehicle wreck, forest officials reported.

Forest spokeswoman Punky Moore reported that the vehicle crash was discovered on the Ranch fire around 5 p.m. Saturday in the area of County Road 308 and Forest Road 20N01.

She said the wreck involved a contractor assigned to fire suppression repair work in the Mendocino Complex fire area on the Mendocino National Forest.

The driver died in the accident, Moore said.

Moore said the name of the driver is not being released at this time.

The cause of the accident is being reviewed, said Moore.