Crews battle 2 new Northern California wildfires, as the deadly Carr and Ferguson fires continue to burn
LOS ANGELES - Firefighters continued to gain containment Wednesday on more than a dozen wildfires raging across California, despite challenges posed by hot, dry weather and harsh terrain, authorities said.
A new fire ignited Tuesday afternoon in northern Mendocino County, about nine miles east of Covelo. The Eel fire, as it is being called, was uncontained after burning 865 acres as of Wednesday morning, according to Cal Fire.
The fire is traveling through quick-burning grass and oak in a rural area of rolling hills that can
