HIGHWAY 96 FIRE: Cal Fire Responding to Fire in Hoopa; Caltrans Announces Highway Closure
Fire crews are tending to several spot fires alongside Highway 96 two miles south of Weitchpec in the northern portion of the Hoopa Valley Reservation. Caltrans reports that the highway is closed to traffic with no estimated time of reopening as of yet.
We will update as we know more.
12:20
a.m.
[49] 1-43-1 ADVSING 1 WAY CONTROLLED TRAFFIC, NEG CLOSED
7:14
a.m.
[50] 16-70, DOT STILL ON 1 WAY 1184, FIRE AT 86 ACRES, 30 PERCENT CONTAINED, NEG HOUSES CONSIDERED FOR EVAC, EXPECT TO OPEN TO FULL TRAFFIC TONIGHT, BUT FIRE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR NEXT THREE DAYS
7:15
a.m.
[51] 1039 S2
11:29
a.m.
[5] 1039 CALFIRE, HOOPA FIRE ENRT
11:30
a.m.
[6] 1039 YKCC FOR BC
11:38
a.m.
[11] 1039 S2 AT OFC
11:40
a.m.
[13] HAVE CT ACTIVATE ANY SIGNS LETTING PUBLIC KNOW THE HWY WILL BE CLOSED
11:43
a.m.
[15] PER 74 THERE IS NO UNIT ON THE N END TO CLOSE TRFC
11:46
a.m.
[16] 1039 16-S2 CPZ KEEP UPDATED WILL SEND COASTAL UNIT IF NEEDED AND OTHER AGENCIES UNABLE TO ASST
11:52
a.m.
[17] ,,22 ENRT TO ASST W CLOSURE RELIEVE HSO / CPZ FRM MM 6.2
12:46
p.m.
[18] A16-022 97 W HSO 96/CAPENTER LN
12:57
p.m.
[19] 16-S2 INQ ETA HOW LONG THE CLOSURE/ NOTIFY ENTAC, CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE FROM BOTH DIRECTIONS
12:58
p.m.
[20] PER HOOPA FIRE, UNK ETA OF RD CLOSURE, STILL WAITING FOR CT
1:01
p.m.
[23] 1039 ENTAC
1:19
p.m.
[26] [Notification] [CHP]-PER CT, ETA WITHIN THE HOUR
1:23
p.m.
[27] A16-022 22 CPZ ETA FOR CT / 1039 16-S2
2
p.m.
[28] A16-022 PER 16-C THERE IS A MARKED LINEMAN TK AT THE CLOSURE ON 96 / HE IS NOT BEING LET THRU BY LEO / HE NEEDS TO BE LET THRU FOR REPAIR WORK
2:01
p.m.
[29] A16-022 PER 22 HE IS MANNING THE CLOSURE ON THE N END/ NO TK W HIM/ CK S SEND W HSO
2:02
p.m.
[30] A16-022 1039 HSO THEY WILL CK WITH THEIR UNIT AND ADVS
2:21
p.m.
[31] A16-022 PER HSO THE PGE TK HAS BEEN SITTING AT THE CLOSURE WITH HSO DEP THE ENTIRITY AND HAD NOT ADVISED HE NEEDED THRU
2:51
p.m.
[36] B16-072 PER 72 CT IS 97 TAKING OVER THE RD CLOSURE
2:52
p.m.
[37] B16-072 1039 16-S3 CPZ ALL
2:53
p.m.
[38] A16-022 PER 22 ADVS S3 THE FIRE IS 60 ACRES
2:54
p.m.
[39] A16-022 1039 16-S3
4:33
p.m.
[40] 16-72 TALKED TO CF SUPERVISOR, WILL POSS BE A 2 DAY FIRE
7:09
p.m.
[42] Incident Re-opened: 16-72 OUT W/CT ON SOUTH CLOSURE, NORTH CLOSURE REQ 16-72 RESPOND TO DEAL W/TK IN RDWY THAT DOES NOT WANT TO MOVE
7:37
p.m.
[44] B16-072 RDWY IS CLEAR REMIANING ON SCENE TO ASSIST DOT PILOT CAR WILL BE STARTED SOON
7:38
p.m.
[45] B16-072 NOTIFY S UNIT THAT DOT WILL ATTMPT TO OPEN RDWY TO ONE WAY TRAFFIC WITH PILOT CAR IN AN HOUR TO AN HOUR AND HALF
7:40
p.m.
[46] 1039 16-S3
9:25
p.m.
[48] B16-072 ONE WAY TRAFFIC CONTROL IS OPEN
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