EVACUATION ORDER ISSUED FOR KETTENPOM
Please note:
- An Evacuation Order means you should leave now and the area is closed to the public.
- An Evacuation Warning means the residents of the area should prepare to leave if ordered to do so.
This is an Evacuation Order from the Trinity County Sheriff’s Office:
AUGUST COMPLEX – WEST ZONE EVACUATION ORDER ISSUED FOR KETTENPOM COMMUNITY IN TRINITY COUNTY
WHAT: Trinity County, Evacuation Order
WHEN: Effective Immediately
WHERE: EVACUATION ORDER
Zone TB South: North of Kekawaka Creek Road, West of Zenia Lake Mountain Road, East of the Trinity Humboldt County Line, and south of Peak Road to include the Kettenpom Community.
ROAD
CLOSURES: Peak Road at the Humboldt Trinity County Line
NOTES:
The Mendocino National Forest will remain closed, for updated forest closures visit: http://www.fs.usda.gov/mendocino
View the most current evacuation map at: https://tinyurl.com/MendoEvac
For more information about wildfire preparedness visit: http://www.readyforwildfire.org
Cal Fire urges, “The order is effective immediately. Residents are urged to leave for their own safety and for that of first responders. When residents remain in an evacuation order area, it can force firefighters to redirect their efforts away from fire attack or structure/property defense to provide for civilian safety. Please drive safely while evacuating to avoid accidents.”
August Complex West Zone Information Line: 707-355-4926
CAL FIRE Humboldt – Del Norte Unit PIO Line: 707-726-1285
UPDATE Information from the Trinity CO. Sheriff’s Office:
Per the Trinity County Sheriff’s Office and the Office of Emergency Services, the area of Kettenpom, south to Kekawaka Creek, Bear Wallow, Friend Mountain, Indian Valley, and Hidden Valley are under an evacuation order due to erratic fire behavior in the area. People are asked to leave the area. While evacuating use caution due to emergency personnel in the area.For information about evacuation centers please call the Red Cross at (530)276-8034
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Thank you Kym for updates we are all hoping everyone stays safe
Best wishes and love to all. Be safe!
Does anybody have an opinion about staying in Indian valley to avoid being shut out because of roadblocks? Don’t want to endanger any first responders but it is the spot farthest away from the fire and it seems premature but I no expert.
I’m looking for opinions from people who know the area and the present location of the fire rather than general admonishment for not following orders.
It’s at least three ridges away.many miles. I know these things can change quickly but there are three ways out if things get hot.
My opinion is….. if you are going to cause people to worry and look for you because you dont have the confidence, then go to safety. I would not suggest anyone to ignore… do what you want. Be an adult, and dont ask someone else to.bail you out cause you’re an idiot. But last one showed they were willing to allow VOUCHERS ONLY to legal grows and not my mother or anyone who just live there.
Has the fire crossed the river?
No it hasn’t crossed the river.
So why the hell are they moving fire camp to TLC in Larrabee? There is no fire there.
You don’t put the camp where the fire is for obvious reasons….
Does Kettenpom have power?
I have lost all faith in the ability of this Alaska IMT. They failed to button things up with the last low pressure, when temps were down and RH’s we’re up (southwest wind).They failed to preposition resources with a known wind event (Sunday) around structures along Ruth Lake (northeast/East wind). Now winds are blowing from the North/NW and about to bump Zenia and Kettenpom, “again”. This isn’t rocket science. Many homes have been lost because of the inability to plan, forecast, position and protect. Good luck cal fire because it’s headed your way, “Again”!🤞
My husband met a guy up deer hunting who was from Ruth that witnessed the firefighters as they stood by and watched his house burn down and made no attempt to put the fire out.
The Alaska IMT would lose their jobs and careers if they were large firefighter fatalities. If you want them to take larger risks then the lsws and policies of USFS shouldn’t punish them for being aggressive. Look at the fire Captain on the biscuit complex who had a dozer operator die lost his job.
Kym, there is no evacuation order for Bear Wallow, Friend Mountain, Indian Valley. They are under a warning as of now. Just checked with Forest Service and that is what they said.
Thanks for all you do.
That’s a direct quote from the Trinity County Sheriff. But I will confirm with the Sheriff’s Office (They are the ones in charge of setting orders).
The Forest Service corrected their information to include those areas I listed above. Your information is correct Kym.
I’m sorry to have sent you on this errand.
Damn where did you find that? I can’t find it other than on TCSO?
Just confirmed with Sheriff Tim Saxon that it is an Evacuation ORDER.
I sure hope all the people that live in that area will leave. Don’t make it another Ruth Lake where some refused to leave, causing others to lose their homes. Nothing is worth being killed for.
California let these fires get out of control for their climate change agendas and the G20 summit. California politics is the real problem. Corrupt California = Commifornia
These are National Forests that are burning. They are run by a Republican administration. What does the UN have to do with any of this? I swear, all republicans have to contribute anymore are delusional conspiricy theories and xenophobia.
I know it must be scary but for your own safety just do as you’re told!
Just like Germany before ww2. Health an safety of the people. Do as your told. Government is here to help . Funny thing is commifornia is the leader in socialism, but can’t even run it own state and want to tell every one how to live.. no forest management other than burning it down. Lazy socialist commifornia . Cali will be Venezuela in no time.
Im buying my breadline waiting shoes now before I can’t afford them.
Better to learn to make your own bread !
These are *federally administered* National Forests that are burning. These forests and the USFS firefighters are administered by Trump appointees.
And yes, you should definately leave the evacuation zone when they tell you to. Your tractor and garden hose will do nothing to protect you from a collapsing pyrocumulus cloud or a firestorm that moves 5 miles in one hour.
Just wait till gruesome’s electric vehicle mandate happens no power for several days due to psps and then a fire breaks out and no one will have juice in there batteries to evacuate can’t wait to watch that shit show.