August 2026

MILE POST FIRE UPDATE: Fire Growth Slows, Containment Increases, but More Than 5,000 Acres Have Burned Now

FIRE UPDATE: New Evacuation Order Issued for Big Hill Area Near Hoopa

City of Eureka Offers Free Zoo Admission, Complimentary Madaket Cruises to Hoopa Residents Impacted by Wildfire

MILE POST FIRE UPDATE: 4,605 Acres Burned With Only Five Percent Contaiment; Highway 96 Remains Closed

Hoopa’s Mile Post 18 Fire Grows to More Than Six Square Miles; Only Six Percent Contained With 866 Firefighters Deployed

(UPDATE) First Evacuations Ordered Northeast of Hoopa

(UPDATE: Evacuation Order Issued) Mile Post 18 Fire Surpasses 2,800 Acres as Crews Grapple With Spot Fires Along Eastern Edge; Containment Estimated at 10%

Hoopa’s Mile Post 18 Wildfire Grows to Three Square Miles; State Management Team Assumes Command

(UPDATE) Highway 96 Still Closed By Milepost 18 Fire, Which Has Ballooned Up to 1,500 Acres

[UPDATE: Evacuation Warnings Issued] Fire North of Hoopa Reaches 380 Acres; Highway 96 Closed; Power Out in the Area

Downtown Arcata Fire Cleanup is About 75% Complete

(VIDEO) Fortuna, Rio Dell Volunteer Firefighters Extinguish Structure Fire Near Middle School

Hoopa Firefighters Responding to 2.5-Acre Fire Near Bald Hill

July 2026

There’s No More Asbestos at the Arcata Fire Site, Cleanup Crew Says

Humboldt Bay Firefighters Extinguish Small Brush Fire Behind Bayshore Mall; No Structures Damaged

(UPDATE) Broadway Cinema Evacuated Last Night After a Fire Sparked in One of the Restrooms; Theater Remains Closed ‘Due to Power Outage’

(PHOTOS) Stymied for Months by Insurance Investigations and Obtaining Permits, the Arcata Jan. 2 Fire Cleanup Began Today

The Smoke Choking Eureka is Coming From Loleta, and We are Now Entitled to Place a 50 Percent Tariff on All Goods Coming From There

All Evacuations Lifted as Mile Post 16 Fire Reaches 100% Containment; Two-Way Traffic Should Be Restored on Hwy. 96 Later This Afternoon

Mile Post 16 Fire Hits 104 Acres With 85% Containment; Evacuation Warnings Still in Effect

Mile Post 16 Fire Reaches 80% Containment; Evacuation Warnings Remain in Effect

Arcata Jan. 2 Fire Cleanup to Begin Before the End of July

FIRE UPDATE: Route 96 Reopens to One-Way Traffic as Mile Post 16 Fire Reaches 68% Containment; Evacuation Warnings Remain in Effect

(VIDEO) FIRE UPDATE: Evacuation Warnings, Road Closures Remain in Effect for Mile Post 16 Fire Near Hoopa; No Structures Threatened

(UPDATED) Wildfire Prompts Evacuation Warning in Hoopa, Full Closure of Hwy. 96

Hoopa Firefighters Extinguish Late-Night Brush Fire Near Rodeo Grounds

New Fire Restrictions Take Effect Across Six Rivers National Forest

Expect More Smoke Near Ettersburg Today as CalFire Continues Prescribed Burning on French Ranch

June 2026

Eureka Marina Boat Fire Smokes Up Downtown

Smoke Near Ettersburg? Fear Not, That is a CalFire Prescribed Burn

‘Good Fire’: Local Tribes Demonstrate Traditional Practices Amid Renaissance of Prescribed Burning

Fire Season is Here, and So Burning Stuff in Calfire Responsibility Areas Will be Forbidden as of Monday

May 2026

Fire Claimed a Single-Family Home on Eureka’s M Street This Morning

Four Months After the Downtown Arcata Fire, Cleanup Can Finally Begin

(PHOTOS) Arcata Fire and PG&E Battle (Simulated) Earthquake Carnage

Blue Lake Family Loses Home, 3 Pet Birds and Dog in Early Sunday Morning Fire

Fire in Arcata Early Yesterday Morning Causes Estimated $325,000 in Damages

April 2026

Gov. Newsom Declares Arcata Fire State of Emergency, Potentially Allowing Flow of State Funds

Sen. Mike McGuire, CalFire Officials Warn ‘Super’ El Niño Could Fuel Unpredictable Fire Season

Yurok Tribe, Blue Lake Rancheria Agree to Consolidate Fire Department Operations

March 2026

Insurance Investigators Initiate Inspection

February 2026

A Fire in an Indianola Mobile Home Was Knocked Down Quickly and No One Was Hurt, But Humboldt Bay Fire Would Like to Use This Occasion to Remind You of a Few Things

Smoke Near Arcata? That’s Probably the Prescribed Burn in the Fickle Hill Area

(UPDATE: BUILDING SAVED) Fire Breaks Out in Upper Story of Eureka Victorian

Weekend Fire at Eureka Apartment Building Leaves Behind $350K in Damage; Cause Still Under Investigation, Humboldt Bay Fire Says

January 2026

(PHOTOS) Late-Night Fire Puts Beleaguered Eureka Apartment Building Out of Its Misery

House Lost to Fire in McKinleyville Today; Investigators Determine Arsonist to Blame

Investigation Finds No Evidence of Foul Play in January 2 Arcata Fire; Cause Remains Undetermined

[UPDATED] Fire Erupts In Arcata Warehouse Where People and Pets are Living in Tents

Local Business Coalition Launches ‘Arcata Fire Relief Fund,’ Seeded by a $50,000 Donation From PG&E