אסונות · Cooley FireLake Sonoma fire reaches 1,365 acres as Cooley Fire containment rises to 23%נכתב 20 באוקטובר 2026 בשעה 00:45 UTCצפייהתמליל0:07The Coulee fire covers 1,365 acres after a private prescribed burn escaped.0:12Crews have secured 23% of its perimeter, and officials report no injuries or0:16threatened structures.0:17Smoke has carried the fire's consequences beyond the burn area.0:20Investigators still have to determine why the planned burn escaped its boundaries.0:24The fire is burning west of Cloverdale, near Elkhorn Road and Cooley Ranch Road in0:28Mendocino County.0:29That's just north of the Sonoma County line and north of Lake Sonoma, where smoke0:34has spread over the surrounding hills.0:36The latest estimate comes from Monday afternoon, October 19th, 2026.0:40It replaces Sunday morning's smaller assessment.0:42Both the estimated acreage and containment have increased, so crews are dealing with0:46a larger incident while securing more of its perimeter.0:49The estimated footprint rose from 731 acres Sunday morning to 1,3650:55acres Monday afternoon.0:57Containment improved from 5% to 23%.1:00Those are successive assessments of the same fire, with Monday afternoon's figures1:04giving the newer picture.1:05That's an increase of 634 acres, about 87%, in the estimated fire1:10area.1:11Containment rose 18 percentage points.1:14Containment measures the perimeter secured by control lines or other barriers1:17expected to hold.1:18Crews still have substantial work ahead at 23 percent.1:22Air quality officials conditionally authorized up to 850 acres of prescribed burning1:27in Cooley Ranch's Unit 8 for October 16th.1:30That permission depended on weather and air conditions.1:33The authorization doesn't tell us how many acres were actually ignited.1:36The private burn escaped after flames crossed a road at the top of a ridge.1:40Cal Fire recorded the wildfire incident at 5.05 Friday afternoon and took over1:45suppression around that time.1:46The planned burn had its own earlier ignition.1:49Nobody has identified which authorized burn unit escaped, so the 850 acre maximum1:54can't settle whether an operating condition was violated.1:56Better mapping cut Saturday's preliminary estimate from 1,000 acres to 558.2:02The estimate reached 7.31 that evening and stayed there Sunday morning.2:06Monday's assessments then put it at 1,156 acres in the morning and2:111,365 in the afternoon.2:14Sunday's figures came from the October 18th morning update.2:17Monday morning's assessment already had containment at 23%, and that percentage held2:21in the afternoon listing.2:23The acreage history leaves part of the increase unexplained.2:25We don't know how much came from new burning and how much from better mapping.2:29Steep slopes and limited access roads have made it harder for crews to get ahead of2:33the fire.2:33Smoke also complicated suppression.2:36Overnight operations included night-flying helicopters supporting firing operations,2:40in which crews used deliberate burning as part of their effort to control the2:44wildfire.2:47Cal Fire expected increased fire activity Monday afternoon as atmospheric conditions2:52shifted.2:53That forecast added urgency to the work on the perimeter.2:56A later assessment would be needed to say how the fire actually behaved after the2:59afternoon update.3:00Smoke shrouded the hills around Lake Sonoma on October 17th.3:04By Monday, Smoke was also reaching across Sonoma County and parts of Napa County.3:08The Air District extended its wildfire smoke advisory through Monday, October 19th,3:13bringing a public health concern beyond the immediate firefighting area.3:17The earlier advisory forecast smoke moving south into portions of the North Bay,3:21including Marin and Napa counties.3:23Roenert Park also warned that drift smoke might reach the city.3:26Those warnings described possible exposure, conditions can vary between communities,3:31and a regional advisory doesn't give a measured concentration for every location.3:35Officials reported zero injuries and zero threatened structures in Monday's account.3:39People near the fire still need a current determination on evacuation restrictions3:43and road access.3:45The absence of threatened buildings doesn't tell residents whether a particular road3:48is open.3:49A Sunday particulate estimate of 68 also lacks a confirmed scale, monitoring3:55location, and observation time.3:57It can't reliably describe anyone's air quality.4:00The latest dated fire assessment remains 1,365 acres and 23% containment on4:06Monday afternoon.4:07Cal Fire is still investigating why the private prescribed burn escaped.קריאת הכתבהציר הזמן של הסיפורHeyDexהסרטון הקצר ↗מי דיווח על מהנקודות שדיווח עליהן יותר מכלי תקשורת אחדReported size of the Cooley Fireשני כלי תקשורתReported containment of the Cooley Fireשני כלי תקשורתHow and when the Cooley Fire beganשני כלי תקשורתInvestigation into the fire’s causeשני כלי תקשורתנקודות שדיווח עליהן רק כלי תקשורת אחד8דווח רק על ידי The Press DemocratFire crossing the ridge road19 באוק׳, 21:30 UTCCal Fire taking over fire management19 באוק׳, 21:30 UTCTerrain challenges for firefighting operations19 באוק׳, 21:30 UTCSunday particulate matter 2.5 estimate19 באוק׳, 21:30 UTCדווח רק על ידי The Mendocino VoiceExpected increase in fire activity19 באוק׳, 23:50 UTCWhether the fire caused injuries19 באוק׳, 23:50 UTCWhether structures were threatened19 באוק׳, 23:50 UTCAuthorized prescribed burns near the fire’s start19 באוק׳, 23:50 UTCכל שורה היא הטענה כפי שתיעדנו אותה מהדיווח של אותו כלי תקשורת. הושווה נכון ל-21 באוקטובר 2026 בשעה 00:19 UTC.
