Vehicle Fire on Humboldt Hill Road and S Broadway, Extinguisher Company on Scene

AI SUMMARY: On Humboldt Hill Road and South Broadway Street, a Corvette caught fire with a male driver out of the vehicle. Emergency personnel were on the scene extinguishing the flames, but the Corvette was still burning. The fire started while the driver was behind the wheel, although the cause was unknown. The fire was getting close to a gas line, prompting the need to shut down the off-ramp to Humboldt Hill. Humboldt Bay Fire requested a tow truck, but they were unable to dispatch one. Eventually, the owner contacted a tow truck to respond to the scene.

— LoCOBot. AI-generated headline and summary of the CHP dispatch log below as of 1:41 p.m. Did the bot blow it? That’s going to happen from time to time. Please let us know.


1:06 p.m.
[2] CORVETTER ON FIRE
1:07 p.m.
[6] MALE DRIVER OO VEH
1:07 p.m.
[5] NEG 1125
1:08 p.m.
[8] UNK HOW FIRE STARTED/ PRTY DRIVING ADN CAUGHT FIRE
1:12 p.m.
[13] [Appended, 13:12:35] [2] EXTINGUISHER COMPANY IS THERE PUTTING OUT THE FIRE / CORVETTE IS STILL FLAMING
1:13 p.m.
[21] [Notification] [CHP]-PER EPD 97 / WILL NEED SOMEONE TO SHUT DOWN OFR TO HUMBOLDT HILL [Shared]
1:13 p.m.
[17] [Appended, 13:13:26] [1] ADV THE FIRE IS GETTING CLOSE TO GAS LINE
1:15 p.m.
[25] 1039 EPD WITH UPDATES [Shared]
1:20 p.m.
[28] PER HUMBOLDT BAY FIRE WILL NEED A TOW TRK BUT THEY ARE UNABEL TO ROLL 1185'S [Shared]
1:38 p.m.
[30] A16-022 1185R OWNER RESP DESTINATION BW AT CEDAR ENG BURN LF TIRE BO [Shared]
1:39 p.m.
[31] [Rotation Request Comment] 1039 PACIFIC TOWING (XXX) XXX-XXXX [Shared]

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