[UPDATE 3:05 p.m.] New Fire Breaks Out in Spyrock; One Structure and 10+ Acres Burning
Multiple major new fires are burning across Northern California–the Ponderosa in Butte County, the Pleasant in Nevada County, and the Helena in Trinity County. Now a new fire broke out in Mendocino on Spyrock Road.
The Rock, as the fire is called, began about 12:20 p.m. and is already over 10 acres according to scanner traffic. Below is a video from the scene by R. Scott Thomas.
Copter 102 from Cal Fire in Humboldt has been sent to the scene as have some of the other scarce resources from the county.
UPDATE 3:05 p.m.: According to a Cal Fire tweet, the Rock Fire is “contained at approximately 12 acres- units will remain at scene for 4-5 hours for mop up.”
UPDATE 3:30 p.m.: Cal Fire tweets, “Confirmed total loss of 2 double wide mobile homes and extensive damage to shop building.”
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There are 4 “Rock Fire”s on the CalFire site. None of them have Spy Rock’s fire location. This must be the fifth?
Good thoughts for the safety of these folks, and their critters.
Cal Fire takes a while to update their incident page, and smaller fires aren’t even listed
But they are here in 100 degree heat, with heavy gear putting themselves between the fire and us. Thank you Calfire!
Lot of fires going on
I was there to witness most of the event..it was an awful site I won’t soon forget. I saw the owner arrive & was hysterical..I believe some pets were lost :'( I took several photos,posted to Facebook under #rockfire
Wow! and I am so sorry for the person. Losing their place and their pets must have been terrible.
Yes it was unbelievable! I really hope her dog did turn up..know there was a dog..possibly 3 cats. Very sad disaster today & my prayers with her. That area one of my homes..I’ll miss seeing that house going up hill. Thank you fire fighters, you’re all so amazing & we all love you!
This is the home Marion Bouke left to KMUD about 10 years ago. It has changed hands a few times since they sold it.
Thank you for info
Firefighters are badass. God bless them with a safe passage and a quick extinguish of these fires. I thought it was fog today….but its smoke. Cough cough. PS alderpoint. Veg fire
spy rock road is closed both ways[now open too one way traffic] kids at spyrock school are sheltered in place they are safe tune in to KPFN 105.1 for more info thank you
We love you CALFire! We’re in good hands!
Any further updates?
Contained
Medic 5120 called to the scene
Thank you so much, Kym!! We appreciate the info !
Thank you to everyone who responded and helped. The fire crews and water crews and neighbors.
Cal Fire, and all other agencies fighting the fires are BADASS! Thank you for your true dedication!
Thank you so very much to all of the fire fighters and neighbors who helped to save our home and property. Our house is right above the burned property and they stopped the fire about 150-200′ below our house!! Did I say “THANK YOU”!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!