Scanner traffic indicates firefighters are responding to a grass fire in the Ukiah Valley burning along the northbound lane of Highway 101 near the intersection with Lake Mendocino Drive.
The incident commander reported the fire is currently one-quarter acre in size and burning in the grass at a slow rate of spread. The fire is reportedly located near the Harley-Davidson dealership.
UPDATE 2:08 p.m.: Scanner traffic indicates forward progress has stopped. Also, a car accident occurred nearby the fire on the Highway 101 offramp to Lake Mendocino Drive.
UPDATE 2:18 p.m.: The fire is officially out, as reported by the incident commander. Traffic has been reduced to a single lane in the area as first responders mop up the grass fire and respond to the nearby traffic collision. The accident nearby the fire has been declared a non-injury accident.
UPDATE 2:25 p.m: A reader sent the video below to us and clearly shows first responders at the scene of the fire and the traffic accident with traffic backing up as a result of the incident.
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