[Update: In Patrol Status] Flint Fire Sparks East of Garberville, Draws Air and Ground Response

Just before 3 p.m. today, July 17, 2025, fire personnel were dispatched to the report of a vegetation fire east of Garberville in the area of Dyerville Loop Road.

A full wildland fire response was issued for the reported wildfire dubbed the Flint Fire. Multiple CAL FIRE engines, along with local volunteer departments from Garberville, Redway, and Miranda were requested along with two hand crews, a dozer, and multiple aircraft.

The Flint Fire was initially reported as a 1-acre wildfire burning near the 27000 block of Dyerville Loop Road, nearest cross of Ross Road. However, the first plane over the fire reports that the fire is approximately 1/4 acre burning in timber under power lines.

Please remember that information gathered from initial reports is subject to revision as more facts become available.

Update 3:10 p.m.: Both CAL FIRE tankers were released from the incident, fully loaded, according to Air Attack 651.

Update 3:25 p.m.:

Flint Fire [Photo by Matthew Harrison – APVFD]

Update 5:30 p.m.: Jordan Kilbury, spokesperson for CAL FIRE, tells Redheaded Blackbelt that the Flint Fire is now in patrol status. Meanwhile, fire resources are now being directed to a structure fire with spread to the vegetation just 2 miles north of the Flint Fire on Dyerville Loop Road.