NORTH COAST, Calif. – Containment on the Baseball fire on the Covelo Ranger District of the Mendocino National Forest reached 50 percent on Thursday evening.

The fire, which remains at 68 acres, is about 15 miles southeast of Covelo in Glenn and Mendocino counties.

About 100 personnel are working to complete containment of the fire. Assisting on the incident are engines and crews from the Mendocino, Klamath and Six Rivers national forests and from Oregon.

It has been determined that the Baseball fire started from previous pile burning on the Baseball prescribed fire project.

The fire is burning in grass, brush and timber in steep, rugged terrain. It is spreading at a low to moderate rate in a mosaic pattern, similar to the desired effects from a prescribed fire. There are no immediate threats to property or structures.