Photos: Sherri Nickcole Daignault

UPDATE, 4:06 p.m.: Traffic is now flowing pretty smoothly northbound, according to the Outpost’s Ryan Burns, who just drove through. The one closed lane should be open again soon.

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UPDATE, 3:42 p.m.: A sheriff’s office deputy who was also on scene has taken a person into custody, as per scanner traffic.

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UPDATE, 3:40 p.m.: Eureka police and Humboldt Bay Fire are also responding to the Herrick overpass for the suicidal subject report. The person has been spotted in center of the bridge.

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UPDATE, 3:35 p.m.: Possibly related: Law enforcement dispatchers have received reports of a person on the Herrick Avenue overpass putting a rope around his neck, according to scanner traffic. The California Highway Patrol, already on scene for the fire, is checking it out.

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Traffic is backing up into Eureka from the south at the moment, as firefighters work to contain a series of roadside fires that broke out a few minutes ago.

Firefighters arriving at the scene right now are reporting that there are three separate fires burning along the side of the road, beside the northbound lanes. They’re shutting down one lane of traffic to battle this.

Updates as we get ‘em, and from CHP dispatch, below.

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