[UPDATE 5 p.m.:102 acres and 50% Contained] Vegetation Fire North of Hwy 36

Smoke rising from a fire as seen from Bald Jesse AlertWildfire camera.

Smoke rising from a fire as seen from Bald Jesse AlertWildfire camera.

A vegetation fire, the Redwoods Incident, is burning about a 1/2 mile north of Hwy 36 on Redwood House Road between Stevens Creek and Grizzly Creek.

The fire was reported at 12:45 p.m. as an acre fire but by 1 p.m., the fire is now said to be 10 acres spreading quickly with a potential for 50 acres. A full wildland response is rolling out.

UPDATE 1:12 p.m.: The fire is burning downhill at a moderate to rapid rate of spread and is now about 15 acres estimates the Incident Commander. “It’s starting to transition from the grass to the timber,” the Commander tells dispatch. He requests more resources.

UPDATE 1:19 p.m.: “Approximately 35 acres,” the Incident Commander says to dispatch as he reiterates the fire is moving into the timber.

UPDATE 1:38 p.m.:

Plane dropping retardant on the fire

Plane dropping retardant on the fire as seen from Bald Jesse AlertWildfire camera.

UPDATE 2:43 p.m.: According to the Incident Commander speaking over the scanner, there is 0% containment but the fire is holding within retardant lines at 60-70 acres.

UPDATE 4 p.m.: Very little smoke is rising from the Redwood Fire at this point, as seen in the screenshot from AlertWildfire below.

wispy smoke from the Redwood Fire

Wispy smoke rising from the Redwood Fire just before 4 p.m.

The Incident Commander is releasing some resources.  Aerial mapping indicates the fire has consumed about 100 acres, according to air crew speaking over the scanner.

UPDATE 4:55 p.m.:

An aerial view of the Redwood Fire.

An aerial view of the Redwood Fire. [Image from Cal Fire]

Cal Fire’s Battalion Chief Paul Savona wrote in an email,

The Redwood Incident began on October 23. 2020 at 12:41 PM.  The fire is located in the Redwood House Road Area  of Carlotta.   The fire is currently 102 acres and 50% contained.  The cause is under investigation and there is no current structure threat.  Suppression crews will be working in the area for the next couple of days.  Residents are advised to stay away from the area and there will be increased vehicle traffic and smoke in the area.

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Martin
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Martin
3 years ago

I pray they can nail this one before it spreads much more. Thank God for all our good firefighters! Be safe.

Crimestopper2
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Crimestopper2
3 years ago

Why are you blaming a “hunter”? That’s BS. Why not remain silent and wait for more facts before expounding an opinion? Maybe it was driver on that road that threw their cig out the window? Or an arsonist back for more fun and excitement? I generally agree with you on the variety of topics, but you’re off base on this one.
Let’s wait for the on site inspection.

The misadventures of bunjee
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The misadventures of bunjee
3 years ago
Reply to  Crimestopper2

The word hunter isn’t mentioned anywhere. Are you posting a response in the correct thread? But just an FYI wadding from shotgun shells can smolder and catch brush on fire. I know because I’ve had it happen to me.

Crimestopper2
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Crimestopper2
3 years ago

GUEST posted here and made that statement. She very likely removed her post since its gone

Guest
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Guest
3 years ago
Reply to  Crimestopper2

Seems everybody is looking for Hunter these days. But we all know where to find the “Big Guy”. Corrupt!

Crimestopper2
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Crimestopper2
3 years ago
Reply to  Guest

ditto

JRB
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JRB
3 years ago

Sounds like they are jumping on this fire very quickly. Lots of air traffic in the last hour. Please get those fire demons out! Thanks firefighters. There goes another plane. Keep your fingers crossed.

Anonymouse
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Anonymouse
3 years ago

I never heard a cause , they did mention a logging operation, but they didn’t say it was one currently working. Its anyones guess at this point.

The hills are watching
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The hills are watching
3 years ago

Glad its Cal Fire and not the forrest service. Forrest service has done enough damage this year.

Grateful
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Grateful
3 years ago

Not fair to say that about any agency. The people that sign up to be firefighters want to help people. They never start their day with the intent of homes burning down. To say they have “done damage” is so disrespectful to the men and women who live and work in our communities and are doing their best to help. No person agency is perfect and every fire agency loses homes, patients, etc. Even though they are among the best Cal Fire has lost thousands of homes this year also. Sometimes it’s just too dangerous to go in and try to save a home. Would you want someone to die trying to save your home?

How it looks from here
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How it looks from here
3 years ago
Reply to  Grateful

The feds made some major mistakes with the August fire and those mistakes cost some people almost everything and left a million charred acres. Cal Fire is far from perfect but no one can accuse them of not trying. There are many people in Trinity who feel the USFS abandoned them to burn.

Cy Anse
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Cy Anse
3 years ago

I know it’s a bit blunt but it’s not the US Forest Service’s job to protect homes that are built in the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI). They are a land management agency that’s been a bit hamstrung over the past few decades with tightening budgets and declining numbers of employees and declining morale.

As a private landowner, it’s your job to make your house and your property as fire resistant as possible. Because of the vagaries of weather and fuel as well as ignition sources there simply isn’t anyway to eliminate wildland fire — we’ve tried and the current fuel buildup is the result.

Don’tBlameThem
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3 years ago
Reply to  Cy Anse

I believe the reason USFS has trouble fighting fires in remote areas is because in March 2001 they turned over 50 million acres OF USFS land into roadless areas to preserve those forests. My husband said at that time, “I give it twenty years and much of what they own will burn.”
I don’t blame the fire fighters or their bosses for what has happened this summer. . They are doing their best without good access roads because of the ROADLESS RULE. .

Google Roadless Rule.

Northern forests
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Northern forests
3 years ago

Think what you will, and that may be true of someone In The agency, but all I’m asking is that you don’t take it out on every forest service employee but I know most of them worked their asses off and some even lost everything also (homes, cars, sheds)

Northern forests
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Northern forests
3 years ago

I also know people in the Santa Cruz mountains who feel Cal Fire “left them to burn” because there was little to no Cal Fire resources around for days when the fire swept through there and many homes burned. The locals were pissed and many fought the fire themselves but the reality of it is that these were both incredibly fast moving, dynamic and hectic fires so I’m sure mistakes were made. How could they not be in such an intense situation with minimal resources and extreme fire? But at the end of the day I don’t think either agency intentionally made any decisions that would involve leaving places to burn on purpose, and I know the boots on the ground would do anything they can to safely try and save homes without risking their crew members lives more than they already do in that line of work. I’m sorry if you are one of the folks who most everything, I can’t imagine what that must be like.

The hills are watching
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The hills are watching
3 years ago
Reply to  Grateful

If the Forrest service put out those lightning strikes 9 weeks ago like Cal Fire attacked this one. Hundreds of homes would still be standing. I’m sorry you got offended. I will buy you a trophy if you like for participating. You may not hold your federal government responsible for their mismanagement of our resources. But I do.

Cy Anse
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Cy Anse
3 years ago

They were trying to put them out. There were a lot of them in remote areas that were tough to access. Because so many fires started all over the country around the same time, the federal fire crews were stretched thin.

Dot
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Dot
3 years ago

Fires can start in a multitude of ways, at this point in these conditions with a new bout of Red Flag weather coming up, what’s important is getting this one under control.

Another fire caused by humans
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Another fire caused by humans
3 years ago

No lightning folks! Hasn’t been a lightning start since August. Whatever the precise cause, it is of human origin. Great timing with the Red Flag!

Cowabunga
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Cowabunga
3 years ago

Looks like Vermont.

BETTY FULTON
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BETTY FULTON
3 years ago

like you reports on news in our area thank you

Loren I Martin
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Loren I Martin
3 years ago

Absolutely great work by the rohnerville Air Attack station I was on my walk today when the planes started flying they worked like a well-oiled machine… great. Air attacked by these young people and their Commanders thank you very much for your service Cal Fire Air Attack station rohnerville.

researcher
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researcher
3 years ago

https://www.sfgate.com/weather/article/Biggest-wind-event-of-the-year-forecast-to-hit-15670248.php

On Friday evening, Pacific Gas and Electric announced a wide-ranging Public Safety Power Shutoff warning that could affect as many as 38 counties, including the entire Bay Area, except for the county of San Francisco. (To find out if you could be affected, go to the PG&E website and enter your address here.) More than 450,000 customers could lose power in an attempt to prevent wildfires.

The National Weather Service said the event will likely deliver winds on par with those that fanned flames during the 2017 Wine Country firestorm and last year’s 2019 Kincade Fire, but conditions could be even more severe with winds blowing into nearly every nook and cranny of the region.

David
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David
3 years ago

I’m ashamed to be human

Long Time Triangle Resident
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Long Time Triangle Resident
3 years ago

Must be something real special over there. If they treated this fire like the August complex eureka would be on fire by now