[UPDATE 4:46 p.m.: Video Shows Multiple Aircraft Battling the Flames] Structure Fire in Southern Humboldt County Spreads to Vegetation and Forces a Full Wildland Response
Smoke rising from the fire as seen from Mail Ridge. [Photo from ALERTCalifornia camera]
The AlertCalifornia cameras show that smoke is rising from that area.
The Myers Flat exit is closed so engines driving south on Hwy 101 to get to the fire are having to detour and that will delay their response time to the area which is time-consuming to reach as it is.
The Air Attack 120 commander (See the plane circling the fire on FlightRadar] reports that the fire is moving at a moderate rate and there are several nearby structures. He estimated that the fire could grow to 10 to 20 acres before it was contained.
Red marker shows the approximate location of the fire. There are several other structures nearby.
UPDATE 3:03 p.m.: The fire is currently 5 acres in size. CalFire Division Chief Marty Hobbs reports that “fire crews are making good progress.”
UPDATE 3:10 p.m.: A local sent us this photo showing how populated the area is even though the fire is off the Avenue of the Giants and up in the hills.
Smoke rising near multiple homes from the Loop Fire. [Photo provided by a reader]
UPDATE 3:33 p.m.: Firefighters are working to put the fire out.
Firefighters on the scene of a fire burning off Dyerville Loop Road. [Photo provided]
UPDATE 4:46 p.m.: Firefighters kept the fire from spreading beyond the estimated five acres, according to Cal Fire Battalion Chief Erik Bryant who reports that no structures were involved or lost during this incident. (Thanks to KMUD’s Lauren Schmitt for her assistance with this report.)
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Is this near cathey rd
Next hill over, we are on Upper Cathey Rd.
Up above by quite a distance
it was off Dyerville Loop so a good distance away from cathey road and cathey ridge. They’re mopping up now… big response from local VFDs, CalFire and High Rock plus a lot of air support.
I hope everyone and their pets are ok.
I hope no one was in that single room structure when it caught fire. Very impressive full wildland fire response, and pretty darn quick considering its distance away from town. Good news from CalFire Division Chief Marty Hobbs stating the fire crews are making good progress. Hopefully it will not reach the estimated 10 to 20 acres in size. Releasing the tankers from the fire is a good sign. I sincerely hope that no one will be injured or worse. A huge THANK YOU to all the first responders and others fighting the fire.
Thanks to all who fought this fire and all who shared information.
Surprising to read that no structures were involved or lost, since I was talking to the people who escaped the building, where they were working when the fire broke out, when they escaped and waited along the road as black smoke was rising from the building as it burned.
I was surprised also from what I heard over the scanner. I’ll see if there was some mistake made.
Gone with the wind……Lahaina
So many people missing…
What an incredibly tragic loss of lives. There are no words. Janis and I visited Lahaina many times on our Radio Shack incentive trips. Lahaina was one of the most historic towns in the islands. We loved the food, the people, the culture and the history.
Strangely, we would run into someone we knew on every trip. Unbelievable loss!
I have been following the fires on the news Ernie and to be honest it makes me sick to my stomach. The number of lives lost just keeps climbing. I pray that the US and other countries will do what they can to aid these poor souls. It makes me want to sit in a corner and cry!
Lahaina Will Rebuild But Never Be The Same. Please Send Prayers ? # MAUISTRONG ?
Maybe what Cal Fire Battalion Chief Erik Bryant meant was, that “no [additional] structures were involved or lost”…???