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The Ruth Fire is at 1300 acres and only 20% contained as of quarter to nine this Saturday morning. Reports of power and telephone lines being down and structures being burnt. This is not a Calfire blaze. It is being handled by the US Forest Service. I will update as I can find information. UPDATE 12:20 am 9/25: The latest
Read moreA fast spreading fire at Ruth is currently consuming around 200 acres. According to KRCR News, The fire is burning in about 5 miles south of Ruth Lake and broke out some time before 12:45 p.m. As of 3:00 p.m., the fire had grown to about 200 acres.Evacuations are underway along Mad River Road and near Horse Ridge Lookout.Mad River
Read moreKristin Constantino(age 33)-one of the victims. Her memorial page here. Christopher Sky Richardson (age 26)–one of the victims. His memorial page here Tomas Pitagoras Gouverneur (age 32)–accused murderer Tomas Gouverneur intended to kill Christopher “Sky” Richardson and Kristine Constantino of Kettenpom before he even left Oregon suggests The Trinity Journal (sadly by subscription only) . According to the story in
Read moreThe Gazette Times of Corvalis, Oregon is reporting that the toxicology report on Tomas “Mas” Gouverneur came back free of drugs or alcohol. According to Mendocino County Sgt. Scott Poma, “He was not under the influence of anything.” On March 13th, in the hills east of Humboldt in Southwestern Trinity, Kristine Constantino and her partner, Christopher Sky Richardson were murdered
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