California's Largest Wildland Fire Was Started By Hammer SparksJune 7, 2019(AP) — Sparks from a hammer driving a metal stake into the ground ignited a 2018 blaze in Mendocino County that killed a firefighter and became the largest wildland fire in state history, officials said Thursday.
Thousands Evacuate As Fires Burn In Lake, Mendocino CountiesJuly 30, 2018Officials have lifted and reduced evacuation orders for two areas affected by the group of fires known as the Mendocino Complex, though other communities in Lake and Mendocino counties remain under manadatory evacuation.