LAKEPORT (AP) — A third wildfire has erupted in Mendocino County and prompted evacuations even as hard-pressed firefighters struggle to contain blazes that fill burned nearly a dozen homes. Fire and sheriff’s officials say a blaze dubbed the Eel Fire erupted Tuesday afternoon near the rural community of Covelo in Mendocino County and quickly grew to 400 acres. There aren’t any immediate reports of houses burned but official fill ordered evacuations for approximately 60 homes in the area, an ragged […]
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