[UPDATE 5:52 p.m.: Tree Into Power Lines May Have Been Cause] Power and Wave Internet Down for a Chunk of SoHum; Power Lines Down and a Fire Near Ettersburg May Be Related
![Smoke rising from the Wolf Fire. [Photo credit to Prairie Morrell]](https://kymkemp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Wolf-Fire.png)
Smoke rising from the Wolf Fire. [Photo credit to Prairie Morrell]
Reports from the community indicate the outage started about 1:35 p.m.
Soon after reports of the power outage began coming in, a dispatcher sent aircraft and ground crews to a fire burning south of Ettersburg about two and a half miles up Ettersburg Road.
The Air Attack crew reported that the fire is about a half acre in size and spreading slowly. There are structures nearby but none currently threatened.
The green line indicates the flightpath of the air attack circling above the Wolf Fire. [Screenshot from FlightRadar]
Fire retardant on the Wolf Fire. [Photo credit to Prairie Morrell]
UPDATE 4:40 p.m.: Forward progress has been stopped at about a half acre in size. Fire crews are working on containment. All air support has been released from the fire.
UPDATE 5 p.m.: According to Peter Lawsky, Chief of Telegraph Ridge Fire Department, “There is a line around the Wolf fire, crews are still actively fighting the fire. The fire is approximately 1 acre.”
He said, “A tree dropped into the powerlines and started the fire.”
Helicopter over the Wolf Fire earlier. [Photo from Chief Peter Lawsky]
Please consider supporting your local fire departments who donate their time and sometimes put their lives on the line to protect the rest of us. See comment section for a list of all the VFD’s in the area and the way to send a donation.
UPDATE 5:52 p.m.: Code 3 medical was dispatched to Wolf incident for a person with a heat related illness. The patient was transported to a road access point
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Please consider donating to one of the many volunteer fire departments in our area. The men and women not only put out fires but raise money to buy their own equipment and pay for things like insurance so they can protect us all.
Here is a list of local volunteer fire departments and addresses where donations can be sent:
ALDERPOINT FIRE
POB 164
ALDERPOINT, CA 95511
BELL SPRINGS FIRE DEPARTMENT
PO Box 866
Laytonville, CA 95454
BLUE LAKE FIRE
PO Box 245
Blue Lake, CA 95525
BRICELAND FIRE
POB 1249
REDWAY, 95560.
BRIDGEVILLE FIRE
P.O. Box 4
Bridgeville, CA 95526
CARLOTTA FIRE
PO Box 33
Carlotta, CA 95528
COFFEE CREEK FIRE
HC 2 Box 3951
Trinity Center, CA, 96091
DOWN RIVER VFD
140 Fire House Rd
Big Bar, CA 96010
FERNDALE FIRE
PO Box 485
Ferndale Ca. 95536
FIELDBROOK FIRE
4584 Fieldbrook Rd.
Fieldbrook, CA. 95519
FORTUNA FIRE
320 S. Fortuna Blvd.
Fortuna, CA 95540
FRUITLAND RIDGE FIRE
POB 87
Myers Flat 95554
Douglas City Volunteer Fire Department
PO Box 10
Douglas City, CA 96024
Phone: (530) 623-5110
GARBERVILLE FIRE
PO Box 288
Garberville, CA 95542
Garberville has a donate link at the bottom of their website here: https://garbervillefpd.org/
GASQUET FIRE Department
PO Box 85
Gasquet, CA 95543
HAWKINS BAR VFD
PO Box 485
Salyer, CA 95563
HAYFORK VFD
195 Hyampom Rd
Hayfork, CA 96041
HONEYDEW FIRE
P.O. Box 74
Honeydew, CA, 95545-0074
HOOPA FIRE and Office of Emergency Services
P.O. Box 369
11121 HWY 96
Hoopa, CA, 95546
HYAMPOM FIRE
22509 Hyampom Rd.
Hyampom, CA 96046
HYDESVILLE FIRE
3494 CA 36
Hydesville, CA 95547
JUNCTION CITY FIRE
PO Box 418
Junction City, CA 96048
KETTENPOM ZENIA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT
Po Box 100
Zenia, CA 95595
KNEELAND FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
6201 Greenwood Heights Drive.
Kneeland, CA. 95549
Online donations
LAYTONVILLE FIRE
P.O. Box 89
Laytonville Ca 95454
LEGGETT FIRE
P.O. Box 191
Leggett ca 95585
Lewiston Fire Department
PO Box 113
Lewiston, CA 96052
Phone: (530) 778-3711
LOLETA FIRE
567 Park St.
Loleta, Ca. 95551
(707) 733-5407
MAPLE CREEK FIRE
15933 Maple Creek Rd.
Korbel, CA 95550
MIRANDA FIRE
POB 160
Miranda, Ca 95553
MYERS FLAT FIRE
PO Box 131
Myers Flat, CA 95554
ORLEANS FIRE
38162 Highway 96
(PO Box 312)
Orleans, CA 95556
Or you can donate via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/orleansvolunteers
ORICK FIRE
PO Box 96
Orick, CA 95555
PALO VERDE FIRE
P O Box 1381,
Redway, Ca 95560
PETROLIA FIRE
(Donate online)
98 Sherman Street.
P.O. Box 169
Petrolia, CA
95558-0169
PHILLIPSVILLE FIRE
PO Box 39
Phillipsville, CA 95559
PIERCY FIRE
80401 Highway 271/ PO Box 206
Piercy, CA, 95587
POST MOUNTAIN FIRE
PO Box 1026
Hayfork, CA 96041
REDCREST FIRE
PO Box 27
Redcrest, CA 95569
REDWAY FIRE
PO Box 695
REDWAY, CA 95560
RIO DELL FIRE
50 West Center St.
Rio Dell, CA 95562
SALMON CREEK FIRE District
PO Box 662
Miranda, CA 95553
Salyer Volunteer Fire Department
PO Box 235
Salyer, CA 95563
Phone: (530) 629-2778
Samoa Fire
1982 Gass St
Samoa, CA 95564
SCOTIA FIRE
PO Box 185
Scotia, CA 95565
SHELTER COVE FIRE
9126 Shelter Cove Road
Whitethorn, CA 95589
SPROWEL CREEK FIRE
PO Box 2122
Redway, CA 95560
SOUTHERN TRINITY VFD, (a bi-county organization serving both eastern Humboldt and Southern Trinity)
P.O. Box 16
Mad River, Ca 95552
SOUTHERN TRINITY AREA RESCUE (STAR), a bi-county EMS/volunteer ambulance service
321 Van Duzen Rd
Bridgeville Ca 95526
TELEGRAPH RIDGE FIRE
PO Box 1152
Redway, CA 95560
TRINIDAD VFD
409 Trinity St, Trinidad, CA 95570
Trinity Center Volunteer Fire Department
PO Box 191
Trinity Center, CA 96091
Phone: (530) 266-3420
Weaverville Fire Department
PO Box 447
Weaverville, CA 96093
Phone: (530) 623-6156
WESTHAVEN FIRE Department
PO Box 2143,
Trinidad, CA, CA 95570
WHALE GULCH FIRE
76850B Usal Road
Whitethorn, CA 95589
WHITETHORN FIRE
PO Box 485
Whitethorn, CA 95589
WILLITS VFD
74 E. Commercial St
Willits, CA 95490
WILLOW CREEK FIRE
P.O. Box 51
Willow Creek, CA 95573
I know some pretty amazing firefighters out that way. Sending all the water soaked vibes I can your way!! Stay solid, you got this!!
The sky is abuzz with planes and helicopters.
Stomp it out quick! 👍🏼
Power was restored at 3:05pm.
Just saw a helicopter dropping water.
Guess they’re in mop up mode now since all air support seems to have left.
Did the tree fall from natural causes or was this from someone falling it? Thought the tree trimmers took care of all the potential tree hazards around here.
At my place they cut a bunch of trees that were healthy and straight, and left larger trees that lean heavily towards the lines. Most of the “foresters” that were here to mark the trees impressed as young, inexperienced, and often just out of school. The whole program is poorly conceived.
Visiting Petrolia today for the library, they report that they have had no phone or internet service in the Mattole Valley since Saturday morning. Their power was also turned off due to the downed lines from the Wolf fire.
Thanks for sharing! My mother in law lives in Petrolia and I’ve been so worried because we haven’t been able to reach her.
Internet and phones have been down since Saturday morning and Frontier is denying it’s out. Came back to Eureka to call them and they setup a tech for July 10th. That’s 17 days of no service just to send someone to look at it. We just setup yesterday to have 101netlink to change service providers.
A huge thank you to all the firefighters that worked so hard to contain and snuff out the fire before it had a chance to turn into a raging blaze. I pray the person with heat related issues will quickly recover.
all that rouge on the fire pictures … too much!
Wolf Fire
I’m having a hard time believing it was caused by a downed electrical line. First, power was restored too quickly. Second, Google Earth shows the electric lines running only on the downhill side of the fire, not anywhere close too it. You can even see them in this pic just below that structure in the middle. And then they go towards the upper right corner of the pic into the trees there.
Are you thinking a “fire bug” has struck again?
No, but there are hoop houses and a structure of some sort in that vicinity.
I don’t think it could have been any closer to the Telegraph Ridge fire station though.