Forward progress reportedly stopped on vegetation fire near Hopland – Ukiah Daily Journal

Forward progress has been stopped on a vegetation fire that started between Ukiah and Hopland Friday afternoon, Hopland Fire Chief Mitch Franklin reported.

Firefighters were dispatched to the 11000 block of Valley View Drive near the McNab Ranch around 3:40 p.m. for a report of a wildland fire, and personnel from both Cal Fire and the Hopland Fire Protection District responded.

Cal Fire tankers 90 and 91 responded from the Ukiah Air Attack Base, where they returned to as of June 1, and made at least two drops of fire retardant on the flames, quickly boxing them in.

They have retardant all around the fire, and forward progress has stopped, Franklin reported shortly after 4 p.m. June 10, adding that he could not yet provide an estimate of the acreage burned.

Personnel from the Mendocino County Sheriffs Office as well as the California Highway Patrol also responded.

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Forward progress reportedly stopped on vegetation fire near Hopland - Ukiah Daily Journal