peninsula and south bay. i'll have more on tips can you do to keep yourself healthy. it's coming up in about 15 minutes. >>> the mendocino complex fire reached an ominous milestone. cal fire says it's the second large els fire in california had history. the two fires have burned 273,000 acres, and it's only 30% contained. here's the latest map. the burning in lake and mendocino counties consists of the river fire burning near hopland and the ranch fire burning north of clear lake. what does 273,000 acres look like? we've taken the fire areas and overlaid it on the bay area. it covers most of so all t the -- san francisco all the way to daley city. while the other one covers rich mopped ric richmond to clear lake. what are y -- fremont. >> reporter: clear lake oaks, you can see that brown reddish smoke hanging over the ridge just above town. we have been told that the fire is moving this way, but we've been told that for most of the day. the air attack continues to be the primary way of getting to the ranch fire, as it burns towards the southeast, sending clouds of reddish black smoke over the lake. >> i'm ready to bail if i have to. got five cats, so i'm ready to go.