Lightning Likely Cause of Several Fires in the Hills Around Willow Creek

Storm passing over Humboldt and Trinity County.[Image from Alert California]

An air attack on its way to look at a reported fire, the #HorseFire southeast of Ruth Lake on Horse Ridge spotted the #HillFire. However, those are not the only fires spotted since the lightning storm. The air attack is also reporting two fires, the #GreyFire that are single trees on fire off Hennessy Road–so far that’s four reported fires following the lightning storm.

FlightRadar shows the path of the air attack as it looks at the Hill Fire which is southeast of Ruth Lake and the Horse Fire which is south of Willow Creek

In a possibly related situation, about 300 customers are also without power from Salyer to Burnt Ranch. PG&E states, “There is an unplanned outage in your area. Our team is evaluating the electrical system to identify damaged sections and make necessary repairs in order to safely turn the power back on.” Estimated time of restoral is quarter to two tomorrow morning.

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.