NORTH COAST, Calif. – Personnel on the Baseball fire burning on the Mendocino National Forest’s Covelo Ranger District made good progress over the weekend and raised the containment on the incident to 90 percent.

The fire remained at 211 acres, according to officials with the Mendocino National Forest.

The Baseball fire is located about 15 miles southeast of Covelo in Mendocino and Glenn
Counties.

There are about 35 personnel assigned to the incident including engines and crews from the
Mendocino and the Six Rivers national forests, the forest reported.

Crews will continue to mop-up and patrol the fire until the fire is considered out, officials said. After a windy weekend, decreasing wind and temperatures in the 50s are expected early in the week.

It has been determined that the Baseball fire started from previous pile burning on the Baseball
prescribed fire project on Tuesday, Feb. 25, as Lake County News has reported.

The fire has burned in grass, brush and timber in steep, rugged terrain at a low to moderate rate in a mosaic pattern, similar to the desired effects from a prescribed fire, officials said.

There are no immediate threats to property or structures.