Category: Fire!

According to a Cal Fire spokesperson, the Green Fire started after 1:30 this afternoon near Somes Bar in the Six Rivers National Forest.  Quickly it blew up to 150 acres. Caltrans says that State Route 96 has one way controlled traffic at various locations from 4.5 miles east to 5.2 Miles east of the Humboldt/Siskiyou Co. line due to this

  Photo taken in Happy Valley as the Clover Fire burned in a rural neighborhood this afternoon. (Photo provided by Summer Odell.)   Smoke pouring into Humboldt from the east comes from a huge fire that is devouring structures in Happy Valley to the southeast of Redding. The fire has burnt multiple homes.  The above photo was taken by Summer

According to Doug Bryan of the Southern Humboldt Fire Chiefs Public Information Team, Cal Fire ground and air resources, Briceland Fire, Redway Fire, Alderpoint and Miranda responded to the report of a fire near Briceland and Alder Rds.  The fire was quickly controlled.

According to Doug Bryan of the Southern Humboldt Fire Chiefs Public Information Team, Cal Fire ground and air resources, Briceland Fire, Redway Fire, Alderpoint and Miranda responded to the report of a fire near Briceland and Alder Rds.  The fire was quickly controlled.

Peggy Phelps sent RHBB this photo of a vegetation fire that has blown up in Happy Valley–southwest of Redding. KRCR news is reporting it as a 1500 acre fire threatening homes.  Residents are being evacuated. [googlemaps https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Happy+Valley,+CA&aq=0&oq=happy+valley&sll=40.45055,-122.405302&sspn=0.107377,0.207882&t=h&g=Happy+Valley,+CA&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Happy+Valley,+Shasta,+California&ll=40.45055,-122.405302&spn=0.429018,0.831528&z=11&output=embed&w=425&h=350]

The Forest Service is celebrating containing over multiple fires in the Klamath National Forest  Over 100 fires across northwestern California (most of them lightning strikes) have been fought to a standstill in the rugged mountains.  Only the Butler Fire and the Corral Complex are still uncontained.  The Butler Fire is at over 21,710 acres and is 66 % contained. The

According to Doug Bryan of the Southern Humboldt Fire Chief’s Association, Cal Fire, Garberville Fire and Redway Fire responded to a fire between Redway and Garberville earlier today. They put it out before it got very big.  He said that the burn was about 75 by 50 ft. This is the second fire in three days. One occurred Friday afternoon also in

UPDATE 11:10 P.M.: Marty Hobbs from Cal Fire says that the fire was contained before 2 P.M. (It was called in a little before 11 A.M.) Engines from Cal Fire and Myers Flat were able to pull up onto the east side of the Eel and lay hose across the river to fight the fire on the west side.  A

Photo of the Corral Fire from today shows a much quieter looking fire. See here for comparison. (Photo Credit Peggy Phillips)  According to the Forest Service, the Corral Fire is now at 11,732 acres with over a 1000 personnel working on it. In the last day and a half, 5% of the fire has been contained. The latest update from the

Cal Fire helicopter dumps a load of water on a fire in Salmon Creek. (Photo by Rusty Rogers) UPDATE 4:15 P.M.:  Salmon Cr. VFD joined Cal Fire planes and helicopters to take out what threatened to be a bad fire in the Salmon Creek watershed.  Dispatch received a call at 12:58 P.M. A 2009 Ford F150 pickup had caught fire