Fire Near Martin’s Ferry Bridge

Scanner traffic indicates fire crews are responding to a vegetation fire near Martin’s Ferry Bridge in the Weitchpec area. As of about 11:55 p.m., the fire is still burning .

We don’t know much about this specific incident, but we do know the area has been plagued with fires recently — some of which have been arson, according to Cal Fire.

As usual, we’ll update this post when we find out more information.

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Blackheart72
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Blackheart72
8 years ago

Approx. 12 fires. Possibly more.

Hick
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Hick
8 years ago

Sparky the flare says “ONLY YOU CAN PREVENT OVERTIME”.

Blackheart72
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Blackheart72
8 years ago

CA-HUU-Queen
Per this AM 209: Multiple fires 5 – 30+ acres for a est. total of 200 acres @ 0% containment, fire burning in logging slash/dead down timber, long travel times, crit resource needs: type 1 crews, dozers, type 3 engines, Div’s and aircraft.

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[…] Fire has confirmed that there is a 200 acre blaze near Hwy 169 and Pecwan in northern Humboldt. The incident was first located late last night and fire crews staged near Martin’s Ferry before heading into the remote wilderness […]