The combat engineers of the 14th Brigade Engineer Battalion of the 2nd Infantry Division specialize in demolition and construction and will now be called upon to battle the fires.  14th Engineer Battalion. The 14th Brigade Engineer Battalion is a Combat Engineer Battalion of the United States Army based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. The battalion is a subordinate unit of the 2nd Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, and I Corps.

As those blazes continue to churn, the Mendocino Complex roaring in Lake and Mendocino counties grew over the weekend into one of the largest blazes in California history.

Thousands of firefighters are currently battling the flames of 18 active wildfires, which are threatening communities from Redding in Northern California to Riverside County in Southern California. Two new blazes, one near Mendocino National Forest and one near Yuba City, broke out Tuesday, the Associated Press reports.