Category: Fire!

View from the homes threatened on the Butler Fire.  Flames were about a 1/4 of mile away at that point. (Photo taken around 10 P.M. last night by Ben Beaver, a local firefighter defending homes at the Butler Fire.) “It is slowly making it’s way towards us, and so far is burning as well as we could hope,” explained Ben

Screenshot of the map of the Butler Fire on the InciWeb site. “A good estimate is the fire hits our close ridge by tonight sometime,” explained Sue Terence, a teacher (see yesterday’s story), whose home, seven miles up the Salmon River from Somes Bar, is facing the frontline of the Butler Fire. However, says Terence, who’s whose tired voice lightens as she

Screenshot of fires currently burning in Northern California. To the left is the Dance Fire which is fully contained. It is near the town of Orleans.  The middle area is the Butler Fire with a spot fire in the northeast area.  To the right is the Salmon River Complex which started at the same time as the Butler Fire. The

Photo of Butler Fire taken yesterday showing the steep terrain.  (Photo from the Northern California Team Two Facebook page.) The estimate today, Friday, August 2nd, on the Butler fire located about 10 miles east of Somes Bar has jumped another 100 acres overnight. Firefighters are struggling with rugged terrain, falling rock, and remote areas that are difficult to access and

Southern Humboldt Fire Chiefs Association Public Information Team Member, Doug Bryan said around 3:30 P.M., “Humboldt Cal Fire ground units are responding to a vegetation fire in the Leggett area of Mendocino County. Highway 101 mile marker 85, near Route 1 and 101 intersection.” 

Photo taken as the fire swept into an area near the small town of Orleans Monday evening. “We’re pretty confident that we’re going to hold it,” stated Adrienne Freeman, the Public Information Officer for NorCal Team Two, a Federal Incident Management team, about the northeast line of the Dance Fire. “We expect containment by Friday…[However,] one section is a little steep. [The

Incident Report: Yesterday evening multiple fires started along the Salmon River near Sawyers Bar. Most were contained early and kept small. Two grew to significant size over the night. As of 6 a.m. Aug. 1, the Boulder Fire was about 10 acres. The Shelly Fire was about 60 acres. Fifty-three personnel, 10 engines and one water-tender worked through the night

    According to Doug Bryan Public Information Team Member of the Southern Humboldt Fire Chief’s Association, a single wide mobile home in Redway burned “almost entirely to the ground” last night.  There were no occupants in the structure and “all firefighters stayed safe. “ Bryan wrote, “Redway Fire, Garberville Fire, and Cal Fire put out a structure fire in

Humboldt Bay Fire Press Release: At 2352 hours on July 30th, Humboldt Bay Fire was dispatched to a reported structure fire at 2532 Spring St. Initial reports stated dark smoke showing from the eves of the structure. Humboldt Bay Fire responded with three engines, one ladder truck, and two Chief Officers. The first arriving engine reported a single story wood