[UPDATE 5:17 p.m.] Fire in Weott Threatened Structure
This afternoon in Weott a tree and grass caught fire threatening a structure on the east side of Hwy 101. [Photo by Kelley Lincoln]
“We dispatched an air tanker, and four engines, two hand crews, Myers Flat Fire, and Redcrest Fire,” said Cal Fire Battalion Chief Paul Savona.
Scanner indicates that most of the firefighters have been released. Savona is gathering more information and we will update when we get more information.
Smoke rises from grass and a tree near a structure as firefighters work to quench the embers. [Photo by Kelley Lincoln]
UPDATE 5:17 p.m.: The fire was contained at a quarter of an acre, Savona let us know.
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Thank-you firefighters!!
This place has been called on many times for burning thanks fire fighters for your job well done
>”We dispatched an air tanker, and four engines, two hand crews, Myers Flat Fire, and Redcrest Fire,”
All you needed was a garden hose…
wow bozo I didn’t see you there !
Good to know your a expert. you should have put it out with all your knowledge of fire
Please pay attention to what I said.
>”We dispatched an air tanker, and four engines, two hand crews, Myers Flat Fire, and Redcrest Fire,”
Anybody who knows fire realizes that was an… er… wildly over-response.
Dear Bozo,
Humboldt is still in the midst of fire season. It may seem like it is cold and damp outside to you. But in fire terms, Humboldt is actually at its most dangerous.
A full fire response is protocol in fire season. Until someone knowledgeable gets at scene, everyone that may be needed is coming toward the fire area. Then when the scene size-up determines the actual equipment and personnel needs, resources may be released and returned. Or the initial response may be augmented and beefed up.
‘Tis better to have the response and not need it, than to need it and not have it.
It is not “wildly over-responsive”.
It is wildly responsible!
PS: A garden hose would not have had much, if any, effect on that fire.
they flicked their roach and it came back to burn’m out. Should’v Roundupped that hillside-there wouldn’t have been any grass at all
??It’s that bad dry undergrowth that needs to be cleaned out so fires like this don’t have a chance to turn into major problem.??