[UPDATE June 11 6:11 P.M.] Fire Near Orick 100% Contained

Scanner traffic yesterday indicated fire crews were responding to a vegetation fire on Bald Hills Road near Orick. Additional units were requested to help with the fire, and voices over the scanner said the fire was difficult to control. Cal Fire’s twitter posts show that the fire grew from roughly two acres to 30 acres in about 10 hours. We will continue to update this post as more information becomes available.

Here are some tweets from Cal Fire:

CAL FIRE at scene of a vegetation fire Bald Hills and French Roads east of Orick. 2 acres of heavy timber.#BaldFire

— CAL FIRE HUU (@CALFIRE_HUU) June 10, 2015

The #BaldFire is 30 acres, 0% contained

— CAL FIRE HUU (@CALFIRE_HUU) June 10, 2015

Here’s a Facebook post from Cal Fire: 

Firefighters are battling a 30 acre fire off Bald Hills Rd, 15 miles east of Hwy 101 & Orick (Humboldt County). #BaldFire Posted by CAL FIRE on Wednesday, 10 June 2015

UPDATE 1:44 P.M.:

The #BaldFire is holding at 37 acres — CAL FIRE HUU (@CALFIRE_HUU) June 10, 2015

UPDATE 3:42 P.M.: Tweet from County of Humboldt:

Bald Hills Road open to one lane controlled traffic. Drivers advised to proceed with caution. #BaldFire https://t.co/xPShApVL3V

— County of Humboldt (@HumCoGov) June 10, 2015

UPDATE 9:31 P.M.: Cal Fire:

The #BaldFire is 30% contained. Acreage reduced to 20 acres due to better mapping — CAL FIRE HUU (@CALFIRE_HUU) June 11, 2015

UPDATE 11:17 A.M.: Cal Fire:

The #BaldFire is now 20 acres and 50% contained

— CAL FIRE HUU (@CALFIRE_HUU) June 11, 2015

UPDATE 6:14 P.M.: Cal Fire:

The #BaldFire is now 100% contained. Firefighters will remain at scene through the weekend mopping up hot spots.

— CAL FIRE HUU (@CALFIRE_HUU) June 12, 2015

[Note: Scanner reports are not always as first reported.]