A handful of fires burning east of Humboldt spread aggressively over the weekend, pushed by winds and dry fuel loads, and continue to bring air quality and travel impacts as far west as the coast, with State Route 299 still closed in Trinity County and no timetable for reopening. Air quality has improved markedly for the […]
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Fire Updates: Evacuation Warnings Lifted for Some Areas Near McFarland Fire
A handful of fires burning east of Humboldt continue to grow with minimal containment, bringing air quality and travel impacts as far west as the coast, with State Route 299 still closed in Trinity County and no timetable for reopening. Overall hot, dry conditions and wind gusts are expected to continue to complicate fire suppression […]
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Fire Updates: Red Flag Warnings and Thunderstorms Forecast
A handful of fires burning east of Humboldt continue to grow with minimal containment, bringing air quality and travel impacts as far west as the coast, with State Route 299 still closed in Trinity County and no timetable for reopening. Overall hot, dry conditions and wind gusts are expected to continue to complicate fire suppression […]
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Fire Updates: Smoke Intensifies, River Complex Estimated Containment Date Oct. 1
A handful of fires burning east of Humboldt continued to grow overnight with minimal containment, bringing air quality and travel impacts as far west as the coast, with State Route 299 still closed in Trinity County and no timetable for reopening. Parts of State Route 36 have reopened to controlled traffic. Overall hot, dry conditions […]
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Fire Updates: Momument Fire Continues to Spread, Parts of State Route 36 Open to Controlled Traffic
A handful of fires east of Humboldt continued to grow overnight with minimal containment, bringing air quality and travel impacts as far west as the coast, with State Route 299 still closed in Trinity County and no timetable for reopening. Parts of State Route 36 have reopened to controlled traffic. Overall hot, dry conditions are […]
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Fire Updates: Monument Fire Continues to Spread, Evacuation Order in Effect for Burnt Ranch
A handful of fires east of Humboldt continued to grow this weekend with minimal containment, bringing air quality and travel impacts as far west as the coast, with state routes 299 and 36 still closed with no timetable for reopening. Overall hot, dry conditions are expected to complicate fire suppression efforts. Here’s a brief look […]
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Fire Updates: Monument Fire Continues to Spread
A handful of fires east of Humboldt continued to grow yesterday with minimal containment, bringing air quality and travel impacts as far west as the coast, with state routes 299 and 36 still closed with no timetable for reopening. Overall hot, dry conditions are expected to complicate fire suppression efforts, though westerly winds are currently […]
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Fire Updates: Highways Remain Closed, Air Quality Improved
A handful of fires east of Humboldt continued to grow overnight with minimal containment, bringing air quality and travel impacts as far west as the coast, with state routes 299 and 36 still closed with no timetable for reopening. Overall hot, dry conditions are expected to complicate fire suppression efforts today and through the weekend. […]
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Fires East of Humboldt Grow Overnight, Bringing Continued Travel, Air Quality Impacts
A handful of fires east of Humboldt continued to grow overnight with minimal containment, bringing air quality and travel impacts as far west as the coast. A Red Flag warning in much of the region and overall hot, dry conditions are expected to complicate fire suppression efforts today and through the weekend. Here’s a brief […]