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A new wildfire burning near the Humboldt-Siskiyou County line has burned roughly 17 acres of forest along Yellow Jacket Ridge, prompting evacuations for people living along Salmon River and Sawyers Bar roads, near Forks of Salmon. 

The Jacket Fire ignited just before 9 o’clock this morning. As of Thursday afternoon, the fire is zero percent contained. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

Siskiyou County has issued a mandatory evacuation order for SIS-1708 and evacuation warnings for SIS-1707, SIS-1710 and SIS-1709. A detailed, interactive map of the current evacuation warning can be found at this link.

“Resources continue to arrive on the Jacket Fire, which has been mapped at 17 acres with a moderate rate of spread,” according to a Facebook post from the Klamath National Forest. “Air support has been key in reducing fire growth while dozers, hand crews, and engines gain access to the fire. Fire retardant has effectively slowed fire growth.”

Evacuation information and updates can be found on the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office and Klamath National Forest Facebook pages — linked here and here.