2:45 p.m. UPDATE:
Per Cal Fire:
Kelseyville and Finley areas are now under Mandatory Evacuation. This includes the area north of the Sonoma-LakeMendocino County Line, east of Highland Springs Road, south of Clear Lake, and west of Bottle Rock Road extending north to Clear Lake State Park including the communities of Kelseyville and Finley. These new orders MAY affect evacuation shelters.
Mendocino County, Ca., (KIEM)- The Mendocino Complex is now 55,987 acres is in size, just 10% contained. The Ranch Fire growing to 35,076 acres, the River Fire spreading over 20,911 acres. More than six homes have been destroyed, and more than 10,000 structures are in jeopardy.
Limited resources, Cal Fire says, will make containing these fires tricky. Crews have been working throughout the night to maintain containment lines.
Mandatory Evacuation Orders:
• 8000 block of River Road, South
to the intersection of Highway
175 from the Russian River east
to the Lake County Line, within
the North South points. (These
evacuations also include all
driveways and homes located
between the North South points.)
• Potter Valley Community; All
areas north of Highway CA-20,
east of the fire edge, to the
Mendocino-Lake County Line,
South of Burris Lane to
MeWhinney Creek and east of
East Side Potter Valley Road, to
include feeder roads utilizing
Burris Lane east to the
Mendocino-Lake County Line.
• Highway CA-20 area from one
mile south of Highway CA-20,
east of Potter Valley Road, south
of MeWhinney Creek, and west
of Mendocino-Lake County Line.
• Pine Avenue area of Potter
Valley north of Burris Lane, east
of Eastside Potter Valley Road,
south of 10511 Eastside Potter
Valley Road, and west of the
Lake-Mendocino County Line.
• Midmountain Road area, north of
10551 Eastside Potter Valley
Road, east of Eastside Potter
Valley Road, south of 11385
Eastside Potter Valley Road,
west of Mendocino-Lake County
Line
Current Mendocino County Road Closures:
• Highway CA-175, at Old River Road to eastbound traffic (Mendocino Co.)
• Burris Lane at Eastside Potter Valley Road
• Old River Road, at the 8000 block
• Pine Avenue, at Eastside Potter Valley Road
• Highway CA-20, at Potter Valley Road
• Elk Mountain Road, south of Pillsbury Road
Lake County Road Closures:
• Highway CA-175, at Highway CA-29 to westbound traffic. (Lake Co.)
• Scotts Valley Road at Hill Road
• Elk Mountain Road at Rancheria Road
• Highland Springs Road at Argonaut Road
• Ackley Road at Highway CA-29
• Highway CA-20, westbound at Highway CA-29
• Highway CA-20, eastbound at Bartlett Springs Road
• Scotts Valley Road, at Highway CA-29
• Highway CA-29, at Highland Springs Road
• Soda Bay Road, at Big Valley Road
