Humboldt Bay Fire Releases Info on Today’s V St. Fire in Eureka
Firefighter coming through a charred fence. [Photo from HBF]
On 7/19/2024 at approximately 1:13pm. Humboldt Bay Fire responded to the report of a vegetation fire at the 400 block of V Street in the brush between Fourth and Fifth Streets. One Engine initially responded but while approaching the scene the Engine reported a large amount of smoke and flames visible with possible exposures to near-by structures. The response was upgraded to a structure fire at that time. This added two additional engines as well as the ladder truck and Battalion Chief to the response.
Units arrived on scene to find an unoccupied transient encampment on fire that had spread into surrounding vegetation. Humboldt Bay Fire had the fire knocked down within 20 minutes of the first arriving unit.
Humboldt Bay Fire crews remained on scene for approximately two additional hours to ensure extinguishment. Additionally, one Humboldt Bay Fire Support Volunteer provided traffic control for the duration of the incident. The fire was investigated by an HBF Fire Investigator and the cause of the fire was undetermined. There were no civilian or Firefighter injuries. Eureka Police Department was also on scene to assist with traffic control.
Humboldt Bay Fire would like to thank City Ambulance, EPD, and Cal Fire for their standby services and assistance during this incident.
Humboldt Bay Fire would also like to remind the public that we are now in the hot and dry season. It is never a good idea to leave a fire unattended and to make sure all smoking materials are dead out. There is currently a state-wide burn ban which means burning is prohibited. Brush fires can move quickly in the dry weather and cause larger wild fires. If you see someone burning or you see smoke please call 9-1-1 immediately.
Earlier: Fire off of V Street in Eureka
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Ty to all who worked on this!
It didn’t take an update (in the earlier story) or a press release to know this was a bum fire – very fortunate the quick response prevented loss of any structures but fire risk is one of many reasons not to allow bum camps.
Didn’t know bums were flammable.
Ask Vaughn Jones. He tried. https://krcrtv.com/north-coast-news/eureka-man-arrested-for-attempted-murder-after-setting-another-man-on-fire
Truth Be Told, what in the hell are we going to do with all these bums building camps and setting fires? I for one, don’t want the city to build tiny homes as the bums will just destroy them and move on. There was another bum fire at the end of Del Norte Street a few days ago. Propane cylinders are a very real hazard to the firefighters when they explode. Luckily the one behind the Susi Spot restaurant that exploded did not harm anyone. It could have easily injured a firefighter or worse. I guess we could ship them all to Fairbanks Alaska where it is zero degrees most of the winter.
We could pass a law to reqire all encamped people to have trash service and switch to electric for cooking and heating.
The problem with laws is that these folks don’t follow them.
With the recent Supreme Court ruling overturning Martin v Boise it’s clear that local jurisdictions have an unambiguous right to enforce anti-camping laws on public property.
Local officials need to hear loud and clear that the public wants an end to turning a blind eye to bum camps.
Everyone will be somewhere but no one should be allowed to set up semi-permanent camps on public or private property.
Once bums know they’ll not be getting a free pass many will exercise other options that are available to them. That by itself will reduce street homelessness. Then we’ll be in a better position to identify who needs help and the best way to provide it.
PS: I thought you swore off commenting on my posts? But on this issue it appears we agree.
We sure do agree!