Approximately 20 Fires Set Over the Weekend Are Suspicious, Says Gasquet Fire Chief

Fire trucks into remote location

Fire trucks head down remote roads to fight possible arson fires. [Photo by Gasquet Fire]

On Sunday, multiple fires appear to have been set in the Little Jones Creek area near Gasquet. Firefighters responded about 7:38 p.m. Chief of Gasquet Fire, Nick Karanopulos, told us that his crew “found about 10 fires–the biggest being one acre in size.”

On Saturday, he said, there were about 10 fires set near Siskiyou Fork. He suspects an arsonist. “Someone lit like 10 fires down there,” he said.

Forest fire

Sparks fly during Sunday’s fire. [Photo by Gasquet Fire]

The scenes of the fires on Saturday and Sunday are similar. “But I’m not sure if they are related,” Karanopulos noted.

 

He added, “A lot of people are freaking out because they are watching the fires down in Paradise.” He said that his community is worried that that fires in their area will cause similar damage to the ones down in Butte County and in Southern California. “We are still pretty damp,” he said. “We’ve had some rain…These fires have been pretty low intensity.”

The twenty fires set over the weekend are under now control. “All fires have been lined with hose and hand line,” Karanopulos said. “Huge thanks to Crescent City Fire, Fort Dick Fire, Smith River Fire and Alder Crew Five [an inmate crew] for all their hard work.”

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tax payer
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tax payer
5 years ago

these fires wont stop for a week or two

Gasquet
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Gasquet
5 years ago
Reply to  tax payer

And you know how? Are you a psychic?

tax payer
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tax payer
5 years ago
Reply to  Gasquet

yeah sure call it what you want. its called a prediction. it was pretty obvious

Zoltan
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Zoltan
5 years ago
Reply to  tax payer

Los katrachos.

Willie Caso-Mayhem
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5 years ago

Why have all the crazies come out dont they know they have to live here to.

tax payer
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tax payer
5 years ago

think what is different about this last week than every other week all year long?

Willie caos- mayhem
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5 years ago
Reply to  tax payer

Elections.😱

tax payer
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tax payer
5 years ago

and they arent all counted yet. just wait

LuckyPunk
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5 years ago
Reply to  tax payer

Daylight Savings

LostCoastEMP
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LostCoastEMP
5 years ago
Reply to  LuckyPunk

Fentynal based Mexican meth?

Zoltan
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Zoltan
5 years ago
Reply to  LostCoastEMP

Cristal make crazy,opiate helps one relax.

Connie Dobbs
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Connie Dobbs
5 years ago
Reply to  Zoltan

So you’d be really relaxed for 18 hours.

Dot
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Dot
5 years ago
Reply to  tax payer

A bit farther south, but still the same (Humboldt/Trinity/Mendocino) area, one thing that’s different is being under a Red Flag warning in mid-November. Hearing the wind come up in the night with the humidity in the teens is nerve-wracking. Seeing a series of fires as we’ve had for the past several years has us all well aware of the potential danger. And having to abandon your vehicle and run for your life as has happened in the Delta, Camp, and other fires is the stuff of nightmares… at least for me.

Leslie
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Leslie
5 years ago

Ditto…not how i thought my later years would be like on our Earth.

Guest
Guest
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5 years ago

Too many people stirring an already boiling pot. How stress causes people to be determined to cause more is very strange but it seems it does. What possibly is the thinking that goes into setting fires? A feeling of helplessness being derailed into taking control by starting them?

LostCoastEMP
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LostCoastEMP
5 years ago
Reply to  Guest

Why does a serial killer keep killing people? One of the universes mysteries…..

Tré404
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Tré404
5 years ago
Reply to  Guest

Just pure, unadulterated, last-days evil.

cremeboulle
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cremeboulle
5 years ago
Reply to  Guest

Might check into the pschy of arson.
The individual gets off on seeing fire burn. Once fire is set they are usually close by watching. It’s an illness, a very bad sick.minded individual. However these days there are also the immature ones that think setting a fire is a big joke. I say throw them into their own fire. Tables turned.

David Hitchcock
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David Hitchcock
5 years ago

Note to arsonists. Your action is ATTEMPTED MURDER. Every time you do it! Do you realize that!

Gasquet
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Gasquet
5 years ago

Maybe he was just trying to warm people up. You do understand it’s getting cold out right?

Michael R Ross
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5 years ago

An arson investigator told me that this sort of thing often has a strong sexual component. The culprit is often found masturbating — sometimes with great enthusiasm — near the fire.

This sounds weird; however, the man who told me this I considered very reliable.

Angela Robinson
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Angela Robinson
5 years ago
Reply to  Michael R Ross

Where I live now, in Oregon, we had a series of arsons in my little town. One included us, burning our truck up as well as another car and trying to burn down a business and a home, all with in blocks of each other.

I was told later that the police knew who it was, but could not prove it. But it was known that whenever he had difficulties with his wife/girlfriend, he’d go set fires.

It happened a number of times.

Lynn H
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Lynn H
5 years ago

Maybe they should accidentally on purpose let the neighbors know who it is so they can watch him.

mike drop
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mike drop
5 years ago
Reply to  Michael R Ross

Do most everything in life with “great enthusiasm”. Everything but arson.

Y Knot?
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Y Knot?
5 years ago
Reply to  Michael R Ross

Most of the time the arsonist works on the fire department, volunteer fire fighters are always suspect as glory seekers.

It’s sad but there are rotten apples in every crop.

Lynn H
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Lynn H
5 years ago
Reply to  Y Knot?

Might also be that pyros are attracted to line of work.

Zoltan
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Zoltan
5 years ago
Reply to  Lynn H

Now hiring?

Ice
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Ice
5 years ago
Reply to  Y Knot?

Its hardly ” most of the time”. It does happen but not common..

Angie
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Angie
5 years ago

Someone needs to be exiled

Sparklemahn
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Sparklemahn
5 years ago
Reply to  Angie

Tony Montana: “Once you’re in you can’t get out.” (say hello to my ‘little’ friend)

Paul
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Paul
5 years ago

All of the above is right. The only way I see things returning to what we might call normal (or peaceful), is everyone returning to the time when we all respected each other’s opinions, no matter how wrong we thought (or knew) they were. A kind of pay it forward tolerance toward each other. But how likely is that? I, for one, have gotten a smidge better at it, thanks to Kim and her web site. Anyone who can put up with all our collective bs and still move forward in an unbiased way must have mastered the art of liberality (as defined on my Mac Dictionary Thesaurus for tolerance). Most of us have lost it, or never had it.

Thanks Kim

Sparklemahn
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Sparklemahn
5 years ago
Reply to  Kym Kemp

Thanks Kym’s mom. You done really good!

Gasquet
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Gasquet
5 years ago
Reply to  Kym Kemp

Thanks Kym’s mom and thank you Kym.

Blake
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Blake
5 years ago
Reply to  Kym Kemp

That’s because your mom is an amazing woman, so are you. Don’t ever forget that. Love you both❤️

Small Fry
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Small Fry
5 years ago

What in the crazy cray cray?? Seriously some people have serious problems. I hope they catch this fool.

Jaded
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Jaded
5 years ago

You can thank Prop 57 for this.
Arson (along with other horrors) is now considered non-violent, and those psychopaths have been loosed on the public.
Great.