Fire

January 2018

Faulty Refrigerator Suspected Cause of Early Morning Arcata Structure Fire

Humboldt Bay Fire Responds to Medical Aid at Women’s March, Busts Out the Big Ladder for Epic Photo Op

Hero Dog Alerts Slumbering Little Fairfield Householder to Kitchen Blaze, Saves Day

Neighbor Evacuates Sleeping Children From Smoky Myrtletown Home While Father Fought Outside, Says Fire Dept.

December 2017

Yeah, So Some of This Smoke is Coming From LA After All, it Turns Out

Poor Air Quality in Eureka This Morning Partly Due to a Stolen Vehicle That Was Torched Near Cooper Gulch

Humboldt Bay Fire Extinguishes Attic Fire Caused by Defective Chimney on Pigeon Point Road

November 2017

Fortuna Fire: Weekend Blaze Downtown ‘Accidental in Nature’; Residents’ Pets Not Accounted For

There’s a Bus on Fire Behind Safeway in Arcata

(PHOTOS) Big Fire in Downtown Fortuna; Police Asking Public to Stay Away From Burning Building Near the Corner of 12th and N Streets

After Resigning as Humboldt Bay Fire Chief, Bill Gillespie Thanks the Community For Allowing Him to Serve

Humboldt Bay Fire Chief Bill Gillespie Abruptly Resigns

Humboldt Bay Fire Douses Morning Garage Fire in Cutten

October 2017

(PHOTOS) Car Bursting Into Flames Interrupts Eureka’s Lunch Hour

Small Breaker Box Fire in Myrtletown Handled Before Serious Damage Hit the House

There Will Be a Controlled Burn at Potawot Village This Weekend, and the Smoke Might Spread

In the Wake of the Devastating Wine Country Fires, Humboldt to Hold Series of Wildfire Prep Meetings

Golden State Warriors’ Klay Thompson to Donate $1,000 to Northern California Wildfire Relief for Every Point He Scores During Next 3 Home Games

Cal Fire Releases List of ‘Top 20 Most Destructive Wildfires’ in State History

Fire at Eureka Nursing Home

Bad Air Quality and Threatening Wildfires Bring Sonoma State Soccer to HSU

Golden State Warriors Cancel Pyrotechnics for Tonight’s Season Opener, as California Still Grieves From Deadly Wine Country Wildfires

Last Night’s Fire By Zane Middle School Held to a Quarter-Acre; No Obvious Cause Discovered

Evacuation Orders Lifted for Areas of Mendo County, Some People May Return Home by This Afternoon

Sheriff’s Office Asks Mendocino Lake Complex Fire Evacuees to Assist Deputies in Location Efforts by Contacting Emergency Call Center

Some Much-Needed Rain May be Coming to Mendocino County Late Next Week

Another ‘Red Flag Warning’ Issued for Dangerous Fire Conditions; Evacuation Orders Lifted for Much of Mendo’s Redwood Valley

(VIDEO) All-Too-Real Drone Footage Shows Devastation Left by Wine Country Wildfires, Now the Deadliest in California History

(UPDATE) Mendo County’s Potter Valley Evacuated Last Night as Deadly Wildfires Rage Across Northern California

Entire Town of Calistoga Under Mandatory Evacuation Orders as Tubbs Fire Grows

Firefighters Are Having the Damndest Time Getting to a Small Blaze in the Dunes This Morning

AT&T Comes Back Online; ‘Red Flag Warning’ Still in Effect for Much of California

Trump Approves Disaster Declaration for California

(VIDEO) Reader-Submitted Footage Shows Hills South of Willits Burning Along Hwy. 101

Monday Afternoon Map of Northern California Wildfires

State Wildfires Knock Out Local Phone Lines, Including Arcata’s 911 Service

MENDO SHERIFF: One Fatality Reported as a Result of Redwood Valley Wildfire; Local State of Emergency Declared

WILDFIRES TO THE SOUTH: Highway 101 Closed Between Willits and Ukiah; Overnight Wildfires Put Large Swaths of Mendo, Lake and Sonoma Counties Under Evacuation

September 2017

(UPDATE) Fire Burns in Historic Oberon Building in Old Town Eureka

Homeless Man Awakens to His Sleeping Bag in Flames on Stoop of Eureka’s Employment Office, Cause of Fire Unknown

Don’t Fret About the Smoke on Foster Ave. Tomorrow, Arcata Fire is Conducting Live Fire Training

(UPDATES) Arcata’s G Street Closed as Part of Landmark Arcata Presbyterian Church Burns

Fire Update: Orleans Complex Holds at 27,000 Acres, is 53 Percent Contained

CalFire is Helicopter-Dousing a Burning Stump in the Arcata Community Forest

Your Saturday Fire Update: Rain Helps Firefighters ‘Turn the Corner on a Big Chunk of the Fire’

Fire Update: Recent Rains Help ‘Moderate Fire Behavior,’ Allow Firefighters to Take a More Aggressive Approach Containing Lingering Wildfires

Before and After Photos: Storms Improve Humboldt’s Air Quality, Smoky Conditions May Return

Yurok Tribe Declares State of Emergency Over Hazardous Smoke Conditions

If You’re Hoping to Cross Over Hwy. 299 Tuesday, Here Are Your Limited Options

Too Smoky For School: Tuesday Classes Canceled in Eastern Humboldt, Trinity Counties

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