Fire East of Garberville Near County Line Early This Morning; Power Out to 87

PG&E outage map

Power is out in the yellow area. [PG&E outage map]

A fire broke out early this morning near the intersection of Alderpoint Road and Zenia Bluff Road. Downed power lines are near the scene.

PG&E shows that power went out for eighty-seven customers around 5:29 a.m.

Firefighters from Zenia, Alderpoint, and Cal Fire managed to get on top of it quickly. They are currently mopping up.

Please remember that information gathered from initial reports is subject to revision as more facts become available.

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Che
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Che
5 years ago

Wow. Good job on the fire. Thank you.

The Hermit of Grizzly Mountain
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The Hermit of Grizzly Mountain
5 years ago
Reply to  Che

I heard AP Fire spotted it early- before 6am. Good job!

Mary Ann
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Mary Ann
5 years ago

Is the area in yellow the area of the fire, or of the power outtage? thank you. I have friends out of town who would want to know if their power is out.

Dan F
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Dan F
5 years ago
Reply to  Mary Ann

Power is out in the yellow area. [PG&E outage map] <— Copied & pasted from the article!!!! It helps to read occasionally!!!

Bonnie Cook
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Bonnie Cook
5 years ago

Good job everyone, thank goodness it was early with humidities up. If it was a late morning or mid day fire it could have really spread. That would have been a first report for Pratt Mtn. Lookout if it was still around. Miss that job

gunther
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gunther
5 years ago
Reply to  Bonnie Cook

Hi Bonnie. Was Pratt Mtn. a Forest Service Lookout? I got to be acquainted with the lady who worked at the Horse Ridge Lookout, but I don’t remember her name. This was back in the 1970’s. I killed a rattlesnake under her tower one day. She had a couple kids with her, so I thought it best to remove it.

Ice
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Ice
5 years ago
Reply to  gunther

Pratt mtn was a Calfire lookout. Horse Ridge was USFS and in the late 70’s- 80’s the main lookouts were Mary Brooks and her sister, whose name I cant recall…

gunther
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gunther
5 years ago
Reply to  Ice

Thanks Ice. I served as relief lookout at Red Mtn. out of Klamath for a couple weeks one summer when I was a firefighter for CDF (now Calfire). Interesting work.

anon forrest
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anon forrest
5 years ago
Reply to  gunther

Back in the 70s, eh? I hope you are over your snake killing ways by now. They fear you. They are #1 rodent-getters. They have more purpose than freaked out, knee-jerk humans, for certain.

Pharmstheproblem
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Pharmstheproblem
5 years ago

Fire boys rock…

Ben Round
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Ben Round
5 years ago

Article says “downed power lines are near the scene”. Does that mean they started the blaze or ‘fell’ because of it?

Ben Round
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Ben Round
5 years ago
Reply to  Kym Kemp

Thanks for the reply, Kym.
BTW. I didn’t check RHBB for about 46 hours. And as I did this morn, I found the many new stories that were added in that time!! I can understand how recent days could have been a little stressful. 😮 May you now find more ease in your schedule!

R -DOG
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R -DOG
5 years ago

THANK YOU. I hate all that smoke when it hangs around in the mountains