[UPDATE 12:11 p.m.] Crews Fighting a New Fire South of Hoopa and North of Willow Creek
Screenshot from FireMappers shows the Campbell Fire north of Willow Creek and the Knob Fire (which is completely contained now.)
A new fire was located this morning in the Campbell Creek drainage south of Hoopa. The fire is just south of Hoopa Tribal lands in the Six River National Forest.
This morning, Hoopa Fire Department Chief Greg Moon posted this video from the scene. The size of the fire, he said is about 5 acres. “I am really hopeful we will catch this,” he stated.
UPDATE 9:26 a.m.: Six Rivers National Forest’s Facebook page states, The fire is off the lower Trinity Road. “Fire reported at 7:27 am. Forest Service resources responded to a confirmed fire using full suppression tactics near the dump,” they stated. “Fire is approx. 3 acres in oak leaf litter. Backing, flanking fire behavior, cresting ridge with 2-3 ft flame length. Full ground and air response have been dispatched.”
UPDATE 12:11 p.m.: According to the Six Rivers National Forest’s Facebook page, as of 10:14 am. “Progress is being made on the fire. Hose lay is now around the perimeter of the fire. Air attack and tanker have been released. Ground resources still on-site.”
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Best of luck with your efforts, fire chief.
Many thanks Greg Moon and Hoopa Fire department. You guys have had it rough this summer and have done an exceptional job.
You are an example which I hope the feds can learn from.
Yes, you guys *have* had it rough. I’ve been looking at a map of new fire starts in No Cal online and it seems every 2-3 days there’s a new fire start near Hoopa. Your FFs have been on it and caught every one so far, great job. Hope you all catch the jerk.
here’s the map- the green and grey dots are new starts, but the time is off, might be GMT or Hawiian time IDK. https://maps.nwcg.gov/sa/#/%3F/%3F/40.9199/-123.8713/8 click on the display board icon on the left then scroll the map to No Cal.
Sure looks like there’s one running between Redding and Red bluff too. And another cluster all the time around Sacramento.
The KNP Complex, comprised of the Paradise Fire and the Colony Fire, grew to just over nine square miles late Tuesday, according to Cal Fire. While firefighters are “aggressively attacking these fires,” the park said, the wildfires are “still growing and have the potential to affect Sequoia National Park infrastructure and resources.”
Sequoia National Park is home to a forest of giant sequoias, the largest trees in the world, according to the National Park Service website. The giant sequoias, which grow along the west slope of the Sierra Nevada, can be as old as 3,400 years.
You would be surprised to learn this is actually a fed fire, so they are the ones in charge and who also put it out.
I hate to say it but…
we need Surveillance cameras on every dirt road we have. California is just to dry to have a firebug running around.
Got a better idea, necklace the bugs and put it on social media. Then, and only then, will it stop.
You are 100% right north west. A few game cams at the end of every ‘feeder road’ into the outback. And a good fire detection system so we can find these fires early and put them out. Also, better fuel reduction and better seasonal burning. Bring fire back into the landscape in the right way. It will take money but it will keep our young people employed, doing hard work.
Is the 96 closed?
As sad & sorry as the truth may be, having so many arson fires historically in & around Hoopa has made for one of the best, quickest & efficient fire fighting agencies in our area. You go boys & keep up the outstanding work you do!
Used to be some of the only $ work available to bring in $ from outside.
Without the $ clouds (Tstorms) fires were lit in similar spots every yr.
Probably 1 of the longest ongoing non-homicide FBI investigations.
Fire is big business know. With all the fire contractors. That hire the Ex cons from the fire camps. They would all go broke without fires. Dam what do we do know.
Not sure how it works with fire contractors, but, it was my understanding that ex cons could not get onto any fire department, paid or voluntary. Something to do with the ex con status and the requirement to enter people’s homes. The news story I heard about two years ago laid out how dumb this was, and I sorta agree, considering the cons that fight fires, while incarcerated, are the least dangerous. It’s a reward, not a punishment. They don’t go from solitary one day to the fire line the next.