During the evening of Monday , August 13 , the River Fire was fully contained at , leaving the Ranch Fire as the only active fire within the Mendocino Complex . However , the larger Ranch Fire continued to expand . By the evening of August 14 , the Ranch Fire had grown to , with only 64 % containment , increasing the size of the Mendocino Complex Fire to , with a collective containment of 64 % . Around that time , it was reported that the Ranch Fire had killed a firefighter from Utah . On August 16 , the Ranch Fire grew to , increasing the total burn area of the Mendocino Complex Fire to ; this allowed the Ranch Fire to surpass the size of the massive Rush Fire in 2012 , which burned across California into Nevada , as well as the Santiago Canyon Fire of 1889 , which was believed to have been California 's all-time largest wildfire , estimated at about . By the morning of August 18 , the Ranch Fire had reached , with 76 % containment , increasing the size of the Mendocino Complex Fire to
Santiago Canyon Fire
Santiago Canyon Fire
Mendocino Complex Fire