Nude Transient Sparks Fire at Highway 101 North and Kenmar Road Offramp, CHP and FOPD Responding

AI SUMMARY: At 6:05 am, a 10X10 fire was reported at Highway 101 North and Kenmar Road offramp. Dispatch also noted a nude transient running around the fire. The call was transferred to the FTNA Fire Department at 6:06 am, and the Fortuna Police Department was informed at 6:07. By 6:15, it was reported that the fire appeared to be inside the fence of the Palco property and fire could enter from the right-hand side. A16-044 attempted to douse the fire with an extinguisher and was mostly successful in putting it out by 6:20, with CHP and FOPD units on the scene.

— LoCOBot. AI-generated headline and summary of the CHP dispatch log below as of 6:23 a.m. Did the bot blow it? That’s going to happen from time to time. Please let us know.


6:05 a.m.
[1] 10X10 FIRE
6:05 a.m.
[2] NUDE TRANSIENT RUNNING AROUND FIRE
6:06 a.m.
[6] [Appended, 06:07:26] [1] XFER TO FTNA FIRE
6:07 a.m.
[8] 1039 FOPD, FIRE ALREADY ENRT, WILL START PD AS WELL [Shared]
6:15 a.m.
[9] A16-044 APPEARS TO BE INSIDE FENCE OF PALCO PROP, FIRE CAN ENRT FROM RHS [Shared]
6:16 a.m.
[11] 1039 FOPD [Shared]
6:20 a.m.
[14] A16-044 ATTEMPTED TO DOUSED FIRE WITH EXTINGUISHER, WAS ABLE TO GET IT MOSTLY OUT, CHP and FOPD UNIT 1023ING FOR FIRE [Shared]

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