Multiple Fires Threatening Structures Near Highway 162 and Short Creek Road, Mendocino Pass Road in Danger

AI SUMMARY: A fire was reported at Highway 162 and Short Creek Road. The California Highway Patrol Dispatch log indicated that it was a brush fire causing a road hazard at 20:49. The fire department from Covelo was en route at 20:49, but the reporting person said there was another fire closer to town. The Mendocino County Sheriff's Office was informed at 21:30, and updates on the fire were requested at 21:47. The Sheriff's Office reported multiple fires threatening structures and a dangerous threat of spread at 21:49 on Mendo Pass Road.

— LoCOBot. AI-generated headline and summary of the CHP dispatch log below as of 9:51 p.m. Did the bot blow it? That’s going to happen from time to time. Please let us know.


8:47 p.m.
[1] FIRE
8:48 p.m.
[3] BRUSH FIRE
8:49 p.m.
[5] 1125
8:49 p.m.
[7] PER FIRE ENRT FROM COVELO
8:50 p.m.
[8] PER RP OTHER FIRE IS CLOSER TO TOWN
9:30 p.m.
[19] 1039 MCSO [Shared]
9:47 p.m.
[20] B105-052 INQ W/ MSO FOR UPDATES ON FIRE
9:49 p.m.
[21] 1039 MSO, MULT FIRES, MULT STRUCTURES THREATENED, DANGEROUS THREAT OF SPREAD / ITA OF 32000 MENDO PASS RD

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