Red Salmon Complex The fire complex burning about 8 miles northeast of Willow Creek has grown to 108,244 acres and is 31 percent contained. Light rainfall and moist conditions slowed fire growth, but have also limited fire crews’ ability to conduct firing and burning activities to further contain the blaze. “Fire activity was somewhat repressed […]
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Six Rivers, Klamath National Forests to Remain Closed Indefinitely
Six Rivers and Klamath national forests are among nine in California that will remain closed indefinitely due to “unprecedented and historic fire conditions,” the U.S. Forest Service announced this morning. The closures will be reevaluated daily as conditions change, according to a press release. “Right now, there are three large wildfires burning on the Six […]
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State Route 36 Closed Due to Fire
State Route 36 has been closed due to the August Complex fire, Caltrans District 2 announced this morning. “TRAFFIC ALERT: State Route 36 is CLOSED from the junction with State Route 3 to South Fork Mountain Road (Trinity County) due to fire operations on the #AugustComplex. ETO is dependent on operations and fire behavior,” the […]
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Red Salmon Complex Fire Update
The Red Salmon Complex fire is now at 99,310 acres but still at 17 percent containment. The Red Salmon Complex is burning on the Klamath, Six Rivers, and Shasta-Trinity National Forests within Humboldt, Siskiyou, and Trinity Counties. “People in Forks of Salmon have active fire to their south and are worried,” said Incident Commander Mike […]
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Red Salmon Complex Update
The Red Salmon Complex fire has grown to 100,949 acres and is at 17 percent containment as of today. According to the release, the 100,000 acre gain is largely due to burnout operations in the southwest and northeast corners of the fire. “We’re not letting down our guard,” said Deputy Incident Commander Steve Watkins, “but […]
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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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Surrounded
When dawn broke Sept. 9, Humboldt County was drowning in a sea of smoke, casting everything below in an almost glowing orange apocalyptic haze. The orange dawn turned to an orange morning, to an orange day. Street and porch lights with sensors glowed ominously throughout the day as worried Eureka residents called 911 to ask […]
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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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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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Salvation Army Providing Meals for Wildfire Evacuees
The Salvation Army in Northern California is providing meals to those evacuating the wildfires in the region, including evacuees from the August Complex Fire and the Red Salmon Complex fire. The Salvation Army is providing meals to evacuees from the August Complex fire, the Red Salmon Complex fire, North Complex fire and the LNU Complex […]
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Red Salmon Complex Expected to Grow, Regional Air Quality Remains ‘Unhealthy’
Fire crews have made progress battling the Red Salmon Complex fires burning east of the Hoopa valley Reservation and north-east of Willow Creek, but warn “the fire is expected to burn until sustained wetting rain extinguishes it.” The fire currently spans 77,848 acres in the Klamath, Six Rivers and Shasta-Trinity national forests within Humboldt, Trinity […]
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Elkhorn, Hopkins, Vinegar Peak and Willow Basin Fire Now Part of Elkhorn Fire
The Six Rivers National Forest Service announced that the Elkhorn, Hopkins, Vinegar Peak and Willow Basin Fires have merged and now are a part of the Elkhorn Fire. According to the release, the Elkhorn Fire is burning on the Mendocino, Shasta-Trinity and Six Rivers National Forests and the increase in acreage and the reduction in […]