Update: Cooley Fire in Mendocino County Reaches 45% Containment at 1,364 Acres
MENDOCINO COUNTY — The Cooley Fire, burning west of Cloverdale in Mendocino County, reached 45% containment, according to a 5:21 p.m. update on CAL FIRE's official incident page on Monday, October 19 — up 22 percentage points from the 23% reported at 6:51 a.m. that day. Acreage saw no new adjustment and remains at the 1,364 acres reported at 2:30 p.m. on October 19.
In two other official updates that afternoon, CAL FIRE at 5:05 p.m. published aviation statistics for the incident: 96.62 daytime flight hours and 15.70 nighttime flight hours as of October 19, with 216,600 gallons of water and 297,510 gallons of retardant dropped, saying aircraft have played a critical role in supporting ground crews. At 3:32 p.m., officials said Damage Inspection Specialists (DINS) were monitoring the burn area to assess and document any structure impacts, and confirmed that to date no structures have been reported damaged or destroyed in the Cooley Fire.
The fire began at 5:05 p.m. on October 16 near Elkhorn Road and Cooley Ranch Road, is under the jurisdiction of the CAL FIRE Mendocino Unit, and its cause remains under investigation. No evacuation orders or warnings have been issued for this fire at any point, and official updates have reported no injuries; the October 19 evening update likewise mentioned no new evacuations or injuries.
Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 图：Cooley Fire 态势图（GSM 据 CAL FIRE/NIFC 官方测绘周界绘制，10月17日，本轮重新裁切）。图中红色周界为17日中午官方测绘的火场范围（558英亩测绘值）；最新官方数据以正文为准：过火面积1,364英亩、控制率45%（加州消防局 CAL FIRE 官方事故页10月19日下午2时30分通报面积、下午5时21分通报控制率）。底图 © OpenStreetMap contributors。Situation map of the Cooley Fire, drawn by GSM from the official CAL FIRE/NIFC mapped perimeter as of midday Oct. 17 (558 mapped acres; re-cropped for this update). The latest official figures are in the text: 1,364 acres, with containment at 45%, per CAL FIRE updates at 2:30 p.m. and 5:21 p.m. on Oct. 19. Base map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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