[UPDATE 8 p.m.] Fire Burning Along the Eel River West of Fortuna
Brown smoke rising from a fire along the Eel River west of Riverwalk in Fortuna. [Photo by Stephanie Vansteen]
According to Fire Captain Specialist Tran Beyea of Cal Fire, the first reports of the fire indicate that it is four to five acres and burning in grass along the riverbar but moving into a wooded area nearby.
The fire is Fire burning west of Fortuna roughly in the area circled in red.
FlightRadar shows that Copter 102 and Tanker 96 are helping fight the flames.
Please remember that this story is unfolding. Information is being reported as we gather it. However, some of the information coming from witnesses and initial official reports could be wrong. We will do our best to get the facts but, in the case that something is inaccurate, we will update with correct information as soon as we can.
UPDATE 8 p.m.: According to Fire Captain Specialist Tran Beyea of Cal Fire, the fire is now in mop up. The Copter is being released. The fire burned approximately 12 acres.
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I’m nearby, it’s foggy up here but you can definitely smell smoke and hear the helicopter.
Sounds like someone is off roading and hot rodding some kind of a hoopdie
with a straight pipe, or just a hot exhaust, through the dry vegetation.
Could have been how the Table Bluff area Fire started, also.
Shouldn’t be too hard to find.
Crossed the river somewhere.
Must be a ford somewhere.
🤔😁
Actually the fire started between 3:47pm to 4:30 pm because my wife and I were in Ferndale on Grizzly Bluff road at our son and Grandkids house having dinner, when my son got called away to the Fire Because he is a Ferndale Firefighter, along with his Colleagues.. The fire was So close by you could smell and see the thick smoke. It definitely had us all on the edge of our seat.. Son if you are reading this Please stay safe along with your fellow firefighters and Thanks for a Great Job you all do, Keeping the People and the Community’s Safe.
Thank you. I first heard much later than that but I often don’t get the Ferndale scanner traffic.
Actually the fire started between 3:47pm to 4:30 pm because my wife and I were in Ferndale on Grizzly Bluff road at our son and Grandkids house having dinner, when my son got called away to the Fire Because he is a Ferndale Firefighter, along with his Colleagues.. The fire was So close by you could smell and see the thick smoke. It definitely had us all on the edge of our seat.. Son if you are reading this Please stay safe along with your fellow firefighters and Thanks for a Great Job you all do, Keeping the People and the Community’s Safe.
Cal Fire water bucket drops were very accurate and extremely effective…Thank you to everyone involved.