300+ Personnel Battle Fire in Mendocino

[googlemaps http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Hams+pass,+Covelo,+CA&aq=&sll=39.381549,-123.254929&sspn=0.446878,0.891953&gl=us&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Ham+Pass&ll=39.887098,-123.089455&spn=0.444169,0.891953&z=11&output=embed&w=425&h=350]   This morning hundreds of firefighters battle the Pass Fire  northeast of Covelo.  Costs have reached nearly a 1/2 million dollars in less than a day of struggling to extinguish the blaze which raced to cover 800 acre in the matter of just a few hours.  Emergency vehicles and crews from across the northern half of the state

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