Photo: Andrew Goff.

UPDATE, 4:40 p.m.: Officer Matt Harvey of the California Highway Patrol tells the Outpost that six vehicles were involved in this crash, and confirms that no one was injured. Traffic is moving now.

The crash was a chain-reaction, Harvey said — one car rear-ended another, then a car behind those two hit the brakes and got rear-ended itself, etc., etc.

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UPDATE, 4:18 p.m.: They’re going to keep one lane of the road closed while they mop up some liquid spilled in the roadway, according to scanner traffic.

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UPDATE, 4:17 p.m.: Traffic is backed up all the way to Midcity Motor World, says the Outpost’s Andrew Goff.

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Southbound 101 is at a crawl at the Eureka Slough bridge, on the north end of Eureka, after five cars collided on the bridge. One lane of traffic is completely blocked, while the other is partially obstructed

Eureka Police Department spokesperson Brittany Powell tells us that there are no injuries. They’re still trying to clear the vehicles from the scene.

Follow updates from CHP dispatch below.