Wildfire on Hillside Along Highway 96 E Forces Road Closure at MM 17.5
AI SUMMARY: There was a report of a fire on Highway 96 E in Hum 17.00 with trees on fire on the hillside. The call was transferred to Hoopa Fire with multiple attempts for assistance. Hoopa Fire requested a hard closure of SR96. The road was closed between Carpenter and MM 17.5 due to the fire at the north end of Fire Rocks. Multiple agencies were contacted for updates on the fire and road closure, with limited information available. The fire was estimated to be approximately 50 acres with helicopters working on containment. The status of the road closure and presence of CHP officers at the scene was still being confirmed. Calls for updates continued throughout the night and into the morning.
— LoCOBot. AI-generated headline and summary of the CHP dispatch log below as of 7:43 a.m. Did the bot blow it? That’s going to happen from time to time. Please let us know.
4:42
p.m.
[11] [Appended, 16:43:03] [1] WILFIRE TREES ON FIRE ON HILLSIDE
4:43
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[18] ATC HOOPA FIRE X3 NA XFER CALLER TO CF [Shared]
4:44
p.m.
[19] 1039 HOOPA DISPATCH - FIRE ENRT [Shared]
4:53
p.m.
[23] 16-70 ON THE RED ASSIST WITTH RD LOG 188 [Shared]
4:55
p.m.
[25] 1039 RDCC TO ADV 16-70 ON THE RED [Shared]
5:06
p.m.
[28] HOOPA TRIBAL REQ HARD CLOSURE OF SR96 [Shared]
5:09
p.m.
[34] 1039 HSO WILL CHK AND ADV [Shared]
5:29
p.m.
[37] PER CT WILL CB WHEN CREW IS ASSIGNED AND ETA - 16-S3 REQ TO BE NOITF [Shared]
5:35
p.m.
[38] B16-070 RD CLOSED BTWN CARPENTER AND MM 17.5// 70 97 AT CARPENTER FIRE AT N END OF FIRE ROCKS 1125
8:17
p.m.
[41] 16-S3 REQ CALLS TO CAL TRANS AND CAL FIRE FOR UPDATE ON FIRE
8:19
p.m.
[44] PER CAL FIRE ADV TO CALL 6 RIVERS OR HOOPA FIRE FOR AN UPDATE
8:23
p.m.
[49] PER HOOPA TRIBAL WILL CALL BACK FOR AN UPDATE// HOOPA TRIBAL DOES NOT HAVE CONTACT W/ THE HOOPA FIRE DISPATCH AND WILL TRY RADIO TO REACH OUT TO SOMEONE FOR AN UPDATE
8:24
p.m.
[51] PER CAL TRANS DOES NOT HAVE AN UPDATE ON RD CLOSURE
8:27
p.m.
[52] LL CAL FIRE FOR 6 RIVERS PHONE NUMBER
8:31
p.m.
[55] PER 6 RIVERS FIRE IS AS OF 1845 HOURS FIRE IS APPROX 50 ACRES //SLOW RATE OF SPREAD// HELICOPTERS WORKING// UNK ETA ON RD CLOSURE
8:50
p.m.
[62] PER LN 59 CORRECTION / CPT INQ IF DOT PLANS TO MAN THE CLOSURE ALL NIGHT
8:54
p.m.
[64] PER DOT 143 SUPERVIOSR INQ IF THERE WILL BE A CHP OFCR OUT AT THE FIRE
7:33
a.m.
[72] [Notification] [CHP]-16-S3 REQ A 1021 FOR UPDATE ON RD FROM 16-R1 [Shared]
7:34
a.m.
[74] TRIBAL ASKING FOR AN UPDATE ON RD CLOSURE [Shared]
7:39
a.m.
[75] 16-R1 VIA LL WILL CB FRO AN UPDATE WHEN CAL TRANS GET BACK FROM A MEETING [Shared]
7:40
a.m.
[76] PER 16-R1 RDWY STILL CLOSED [Shared]
8:23
a.m.
[78] 16-R1 HWY CLOSED TIL TMRW - TMRW BRIEFING WILL OCCR AND IT WILL BE DECIDED IF HWY SHOULD REMAIN CLOSED // NEG STRUCTURES AND NEG HOUSES EFFECTED BY FIRE // NEG THREAT TO HOUSES OR STRUCTURES AT THIS TIME
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