With wildfire activity on the minds of many in NorCal, the Outpost wanted to attempt to give you a brief rundown of the major blazes affecting our greater region.

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The Lone Pine Fire, straddling the southern border of the Hoopa reservation, is currently listed at 450 acres with 5% containment


LONE PINE FIRE: Several fires continue to burn near the Hoopa Valley Reservation in northeastern Humboldt County. The Lone Pine Fire has grown to 450 acres and is five percent contained, according to a morning update from the Six Rivers Nationals Forest. The Hoopa Office of Emergency Services has issued an evacuation advisory for zone HIA-E014-B. This zone includes residents north of Pine Creek and Tish Tang Road, south of Community, east of Pine Creek Road and west of Hostler Ridge Road. This is not a mandatory evacuation order. “This advisory is a precautionary notice designed to give residents time to prepare for a possible evacuation,” according to local fire officials. “[There is] potential for [an] evacuation warning if fire crosses Tish Tang Creek. There are no evacuations currently.”

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The Pearch Fire near Orleans

PEARCH CREEK FIRE: The Pearch Creek Fire ignited nearby, northeast of Orleans, on Wednesday night. The fire is burning in the Pearch Creek drainage. Fire officials have not provided any additional information regarding acres burned or containment as of this writing.

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An approximate location of the Bluff Complex Fires burning about a couple miles south of the Patterson-Gimlin film site

BLUFF COMPLEX: The Bluff Complex consists of 5 separate fires located near the Bluff Creek area north of Mosquito Lake. The total acreage for the complex is approximately 200 acres.

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The Pilot Fire near the Humboldt/Trinity County line

PILOT FIRE COMPLEX: These fires are burning in Humboldt County, just west of the Trinity County Line and Forest Route 1 near Blake Mountain. The total acreage for these fires is over 100 acres with 0% containment. 

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The Kelly Fire in Del Norte County

KELLY FIRE: Highway 199 remains closed near the California/Oregon border due to the Kelly Fire, which has burned approximately 1,100 acres. The closure extends between Pioneer Road and Oregon Mountain Road.

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The Slide Fire Near the convergence of Trinity, Mendocino and Tehema counties

SLIDE FIRE: The Slide Fire has burned an estimated 340 acres in the Yolla Bolly Eel Wilderness. The fire is not contained, as of this writing.“Fire behavior has been low to moderate so far, creeping around through open ground,” according to a morning fire update from the Mendocino National Forest. “However, as scattered thunderstorms move through the area today and tonight, fire behavior has potential to increase.” There are no evacuations associated with the fire at this time.