Category: Fire!

The burn was part of Caltrans’ Highway 101 Vegetation Management Project, a routine effort to clear out hazardous brush along the corridor so it doesn’t fuel a bigger fire later.

“A vegetation fire in the Redwood Valley area of Mendocino County is spreading north this afternoon, threatening structures. Evacuation warnings have been issued by Nixle but over the scanner we can hear that deputies and Ukiah Police are going door to door evacuating residents.”

A large column of thick black smoke began rising near Hoopa this evening around 6:40 p.m. as seen on the ALERTCalifornia Bald Hills camera.

CAL FIRE and partner agencies sent a large response, including air tankers and dozers, to a vegetation fire reported Tuesday afternoon.

The fire, now dubbed the Refuse Fire, was reported around 12:06 p.m. today. It is burning on state responsibility area land off Refuse Rd near Riffle Range Road, according to scanner traffic.

The Trail Fire is the largest of three vegetation fires reported in southern Lake County this afternoon.

Cal Fire responded with air support, hand crews and dozers after two older recreational vehicles ignited Friday afternoon on Surprise Valley Road, with an initial threat to surrounding vegetation that crews were able to keep in check.

A Humboldt-Del Norte Cal Fire strike team is stationed in the Sacramento Valley as a Red Flag Warning drives new fire starts across Northern California.

Heavy black smoke rose over Hoopa Saturday as firefighters responded to a fire involving tires and reportedly full diesel tanks.