[UPDATE 9:21 p.m.: Contained] Fire Burning East of Garberville
About 7:15 p.m. the fire was reported to be about 8 acres over the scanner, according to one person we spoke to.
Miranda, Briceland, and Alderpoint Fire Departments were dispatched.
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.: Firemappers shows the fire’s general area.
UPDATE 8:05 p.m.: Alpenglow Farms on Instagram has video.
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UPDATE 8:07 p.m.: Alpenglow Farms is now posting that “the fire is almost out or at least knocked way down.”
UPDATE 9:21 p.m.: According to Supervisor Michelle Bushnell, “It’s contained thanks to our volunteers, Community, and Calfire.”
UPDATE: 19 Acre Fire East of Garberville Pushed by Evening Winds
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how did it start?
It started from a VW bus that caught fire on the way up the hill… the driver got out and then the flames spread to the grass along the side of the road. The little bit of wind that was there was enough to spread it up the hill.
Pete’s right, the CHP website reports the fire started about 6:48 when a vehicle caught fire and spread to the vegetation.
Gee if only someone had raked the forest and logged the trees….oh wait, just dry grass you say?
Finland rakes their forests and they have no wildfires. Trump 2024 because Amerika needs a totalitarian fascist state.
Holy sh*t, I passed that guy by the vet on my way down the hill. Wish I’d have left a couple minutes later, always have a bunch of fire extinguishers in my truck.
The value of having a FIRE EXTINGUISHER in your car cannot be overestimated. This person might have saved their car and not lit up the grassland, all for $25
Paradise – Camp fire – Nov 8 2018.
Redwood/Potter Valley – Redwood Complex – Oct 8 2017
Did anyone on AP rd or Dyerville get an alert on the county system???
Kym do you know if an alert was sent?
This is the second fire off of AP road in the last few weeks and no one seems to have gotten an alert for either.
Michelle Bushnell, how can we make sure we on AP road get alerts?
Is there money in the fire funding for each VFD to be able to have the county send an alert or a system they can send localized alert?
Itd be great if fire funding included a way to offer everyone free fire extinguishers, I carry one and think everyone ought to have that and/or a pisspump in their vehicle.
I didn’t hear of anyone getting an alert but you are also the only one who mentioned not getting one.
We never got an alert either, I live really close to it. I saw the smoke at 7:02. I tried calling it in, but the fire dept phone was busy. I threw some shovels in my truck and raced up there. It was spreading really fast and fire crews were getting on it when I got to the scene. I turned around and went home to pack up and leave, as it was moving the in the direction of my house.
Dan, that must have been extremely stressful! I’m glad firefighters were able to get it out so quickly.
Pack a fire extinguisher in the car, in the house. Download a UTube video on how to use it or talk to the VFD. Just do it.
Alpenglow, grows some of the worst weed ive ever smoked.
For christ sakes…Someone tries to help giving out information and this is a necessary response? No wonder people are afraid to put their names on photos and videos they send to me.
Annnnd, more and more people are done with the comment threads here because of this bullshit….. just sayin….
I just had someone attacking me in an email saying that I should stop the divisiveness in the comment section…they also think that I should provide information on the vaccinated status of those who have died of COVID here in Humboldt (nevermind that I do provide the information) because it will prove that they are right and science is wrong about the vaccine “narrative.”
Lots of folks want to control the comment section. Not very many agree on who should be shut up though.
just sayin….
I agree, it’s contentious. I guess you’re between a rock and a hard place. I wouldn’t want your job. You can’t please everyone, that’s for sure. Keep on being you, you are uniquely qualified for this .
If you want higher quality, stop buying your weed from corporations (even small ones). If you can’t find good weed in Humboldt, you are not looking very hard.
Boy howdy ☺
Redway Fire responded also. Please carry a fire extinguisher in your car.