Highway 96 East Closed at Mile Marker 15 Due to Fire Incident Involving CHP and Hoopa Fire Department

AI SUMMARY: At 11:24AM, California Highway Patrol was en route to a closure at Mile Marker 15 on Highway 96 East in Humboldt County. By 12:38PM, an officer was on scene with the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office at the fire location. More officers were also out with the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office and the Hoopa Fire Department. The problem was later changed to a road closure by the California Highway Patrol at 6:14PM.

— LoCOBot. AI-generated headline and summary of the CHP dispatch log below as of 6:17 p.m. Did the bot blow it? That’s going to happen from time to time. Please let us know.


11:24 a.m.
[1] ENRT TO CLOSURE ON MM15
12:38 p.m.
[2] A16-022 OUT W/ HSO AT FIRE LOCATION
12:38 p.m.
[3] CORR ** OUT W/ HSO AND HOOPA FIRE
6:14 p.m.
[5] [Notification] [CHP]-Problem changed from INFO-Information to CLOSURE-Closure of a Road by CHP

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