Firefighters battle flames in a Hayfork residence. [Photos by
Heidi Dawson-Graham]
A garage fire which
swept into damaged the attached residence in the 100 block of Pine Street in Hayfork has left three adults and two children [at least temporarily] homeless, according to scanner traffic. As of about 7:15 p.m., the Red Cross is being asked to assist the family.
A firefighter directs a stream of water at the burning home. [Crop of a photo by
Heidi Dawson-Graham]
Please remember that information gathered from initial reports is subject to revision as more facts become available.
UPDATE 7:46 p.m.: Heidi Dawson-Graham, who sent in the earlier photos said that the father of the house is a firefighter that is currently in Eureka getting training. But fortunately, Dawson-Graham said, “But most of the main house was saved.”
UPDATE 8:42 p.m.: Scanner reports from Hayfork Fire indicate the fire is knocked down and the fire is confined to the garage which may indicate that the smoke was the part that displaced the family and the home is unburned.
UPDATE 9:22 p.m.: Heidi Dawson-Graham agreed that the fire started in the garage. However, she thought the fire might have damaged the house. “[Y]ou could see smoke coming out of the left side of the house as well as the stovepipe,” she said. “The firefighters were able to get up on the roof of the house to access it…But I did not see any flame coming from the house itself…”
She added, “If nothing else I can tell you the smoke and water damage is going to be HUGE.”
The displaced family, including Hayfork’s Assistant Fire Chief, needs help.
On Sunday November 4 we had a structure fire at our home in hayfork. The fire started in the garage and spread to the livingroom, the rest of the house has a significant amount of smoke damage the majority of our stuff will not be salvageable. I have a wife 2 kids 2 years and 3 months that we will need to replace item’s for along with my mother in law. I would sincerely appreciate any help! As you know I am the assistant chief for Hayfork fire along with a EMT with trinity county life support and currently in Paramedic school. Im thankfull that my family made it out unharmed. We will push forward. Thank you in advance.
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so sorry family, but thank god no one perished. poor kiddos, so sorry
Irony at its best.
where can we send money donations?
We don’t know yet. But when I do know, I will get that information out.
https://www.gofundme.com/ux9np-structure-fire
GoFundMe is a for-profit company. It takes 5 percent of donations raised on its platform. There is also a 2.9 percent payment-processing fee collected on each donation, along with 30 cents for every donation. That means if a campaign raised $1,000 through 10 donations of $100 each, GoFundMe would collect about $82.Nov 14, 2017
i am not saying not to give or help out this family. i am simply stating the facts and if you can give directly or maybe get donations started through something like a church or something else
GoFundMe changed it’s policy. It no longer automatically takes a cut. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-30/gofundme-will-no-longer-take-a-cut-of-some-donations When I donated to this, I had the option of giving a tip to GoFundMe. I chose the smallest of $1.50. It’s worth it to me for the convenience.
thank you Kym that is good to know
I personally know this family and live in hayfork. If you want to know another way to donate, I can find out for you
Under the new structure, the processing fees remain
So sorry there’s been so many fires this year sing another one almost makes you sick to your stomach so glad no one was hurt
This is such a wonderful hardworking family with a newborn. So glad they are unhurt, but so sad for them.
Was there a vehicle in the garage?
I love the name Hayfork, and I love to say it! Hayfork, Hayfork, Hayfork!
I went there once!
Hmmmmmmmm I’m going to Hayyyyyyyyy-Forrrrrk! Yeah!
Sorry for your loss. And Hayfork’s.
Go fund me is a giant scam. Send it by PayPal, just need an Email! PayPal gets a taste too!
That’s what I want, a website where 20million people give me $0.95 cents a month!