Update: Cooley Fire in Mendocino County Reaches 95% Containment at 1,365 Acres as Crews Move Toward Patrol Status

The Cooley Fire, burning near Yorkville west of Cloverdale in Mendocino County, California, is now 95% contained. CAL FIRE reported the new containment figure in an incident update posted at 5:54 p.m. on October 25; the burned area remains 1,365 acres, and the incident page was last updated at 6:16 p.m. that day. The Watch Duty situation platform showed 1,364.9 acres and 95% containment for the same period, matching the official figures.

In an update at 9:27 a.m. on October 25, CAL FIRE said two additional engines and one hand crew had been added that day to locate and extinguish hotspots identified the day before, bringing the assignment to four engines from the CAL FIRE Mendocino Unit, two engines from the Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit and one hand crew from Chamberlain Creek, with the goal of securing the fire area and transitioning the incident into patrol status. An update at 6:05 p.m. said crews had made great progress in key target areas and were focusing on those areas to help move the fire toward patrol status.

The fire started at 5:05 p.m. on October 16 near Elkhorn Road and Cooley Ranch Road, west of Cloverdale. Its cause remains under investigation, and the incident is under the jurisdiction of the CAL FIRE Mendocino Unit. CAL FIRE has previously said no structures were damaged or destroyed in this incident, no evacuation orders have been issued in its official updates, and the latest updates mentioned no evacuation changes; personnel assigned stood at 63 as of the evening of October 24.

GSM previously reported that the fire reached 90% containment on October 24. The above is based on CAL FIRE's official incident page updates of October 25.

Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)

Photo: 图：Cooley Fire态势图（GSM据加州消防局CAL FIRE／NIFC官方测绘周界绘制，本轮以新幅面重新裁切，制作于2026年10月26日；火场周界自10月19日测绘以来未变）。图中红色周界为官方测绘的火场范围、黄点为起火点Elkhorn Rd一带；最新官方数据以正文为准：过火面积1,365英亩、控制率95%（CAL FIRE官方事故页10月25日下午5时54分更新；Watch Duty态势平台2026年10月26日查得同期数据1,364.9英亩、95%，与官方一致）。底图 © OpenStreetMap contributors。 Situation map of the Cooley Fire, drawn by GSM from the official CAL FIRE/NIFC mapped perimeter (re-cropped this round with a new framing, prepared Oct. 26, 2026; the perimeter has not changed since its Oct. 19 mapping). The red perimeter is the officially mapped fire area and the yellow dot marks the origin near Elkhorn Rd. The latest official figures are in the text: 1,365 acres and 95% containment, per CAL FIRE's incident page update at 5:54 p.m. on Oct. 25; Watch Duty showed 1,364.9 acres and 95% when checked on Oct. 26, 2026, matching the official figures. Base map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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