(Credit: MappingSupport.com) Mandatory evacuations have been ordered for more than 900 square miles of Lake, Mendocino and Colusa counties because of the two wildfires of the Mendocino Complex.

The latest map of the fire from the U.S. Forest Service captures the inferno's magnitude, a vast swath of rural countryside and wooded forestland stretching from Lake Mendocino toward the tiny ...

As the acreage burned by the Mendocino Complex fires exceeded that of the Carr Fire, its evacuation zone expanded to cover a large swath north of Clear Lake. As of Friday morning, CalFire reported ...

This map from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection shows the perimeters of the Mendocino Complex fire as of Thursday, August 16. California Department of Forestry and Fire ...

“Fire season is heavily upon us,” Lake County Sheriff Brian Martin said, adding that he was working closely with the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office and Cal Fire and Napa units.

Trigger levels for Russian River curtailments Lake Mendocino was at about 33% of capacity Friday, holding 28,120 acre-feet of water. An acre-foot is 325,851 gallons, or enough water to cover an ...