Red Salmon Complex: Nearly 102,000 acres and 19 percent contained Recent rains helped damper fire activity on the Red Salmon Complex as warmer, drier days should allow for burn operations that include adding to the containment line at Tish Tang Ridge, according to today’s update. Meanwhile, firefighters will continue defensive firing to keep the complex […]
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UPDATE: SWAT Ends McKinleyville Hostage Situation
UPDATE: A 30-year-old man who barricaded himself in a McKinleyville apartment last night was taken into custody early this morning after the SWAT team made entry on a search warrant, according to the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office. The 26-year-old woman who was being held inside was able to get out safely before the team went […]
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Update: One Fatality in Head-On Collision in Cutten
California Highway Patrol responded to a fatal head-on collision involving a vehicle and a motorcycle in Cutten today. In their investigation, CHP learned that a 2007 Kymco Motorcycle, being driven by 29-year-old Trista Poletski of Eureka, had been traveling northbound on Walnut Drive, south of Greenbriar Lane in Cutten when the motorcycle traveled into the […]
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August Complex Spreads 40K Acres, Forces New Evacuations
The August Complex, the largest fire in California history, consumed more than 40,000 acres yesterday (more than 60 square miles) and has now charred 839,000 acres and remains only 30 percent contained. Last night, the fire shot out multiple spot fires to the north of Rattlesnake Ridge and forced new evacuations. “It is a priority […]
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UPDATE: Carlotta Shooting Investigation Ongoing
UPDATE: The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office reports the gunshot victim is being transported to the hospital but the individual’s condition was not immediately available. An investigation is ongoing. PREVIOUS: At approximately 2:30 p.m., a man called 911 reporting he had been in a shootout with three masked suspects on Hwy 36 near Carlotta. According to […]
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Vehicle Fire on Southbound 101 Near Clam Beach
A Subaru stationwagon is engulfed in flames on southbound Hwy 101 near Clam Beach north of McKinleyville as of 2:55 p.m. Southbound traffic is impacted. Please avoid the area if possible. Please remember that information gathered from initial reports is subject to revision as more facts become available.
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Deputies Not After Cannabis in Evacuation Zones
A false rumor picking up steam on social media alleges that Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office deputies are serving warrants on marijuana properties in the Island Mountain area where the owners have been evacuated because of the wildfire threatening Humboldt County on its southeastern border with Trinity County. “That is not true. We do have our […]
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Dune Fire South of Manila
Firefighters have located a difficult to find vegetation fire is burning in the area of Peninsula Drive on the peninsula south of Manila and northwest of Eureka. The first report came in about 8:12 this morning.
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‘Really Good Fire Fight’ on August Complex
A “really good fire fight” went on in the Ruth area late yesterday, according to the August Complex management team in the morning operations briefing. About 2 p.m. a pyrocumulous cloud formed over the Ruth area and the fire grew about 10,000 acres in the north area. There were several spot fires last night However, […]
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[UPDATE 1:53 P.M.: HWY 101] Trailer On Fire Near Salmon Creek Exit in SoHum
Multiple agencies are rushing to just north of the Salmon Creek exit near Miranda after a fire broke out in a trailer being pulled by a GMC pickup at 1:09 p.m. According to the CHP, the outside (number 2 lane is blocked) as the trailer contains “a large amount of ammunition. There have been several […]
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Firefighters Still Holding August Complex Fires out of Humboldt
Firefighters kept the Hopkins Fire east of the Main Stem of the Eel River and out of Humboldt County again last night. The fire has once again had a name change. It is now being called the August Complex West Zone, but is still grouped with the August Complex as part of the largest fire […]
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Last Night, Firefighters Fought a Battle for the Community of Ruth as They Conducted a Firing Operation on the Hopkins Fire in the Massive August Complex
Last night, south of Ruth Lake in the Six Rivers National Forest a battle took place to save the little town of Ruth and the scattered structures in the area. The team fighting fire with fire was brought together–two Six Rivers Forest Engines 341 and 351, a Cal Fire engine, and a Humboldt Bay Fire […]