Fire on Hillside Along Highway 96 East in Hoopa Forces Road Closure

AI SUMMARY: A fire was reported on the hillside at 1700 Highway 96 East, approximately at mile marker 17.00. The California Highway Patrol dispatch log shows that trees were on fire, and the incident was transferred to the Hoopa Fire Department. Hoopa Fire Department was en route to the scene, and Hoopa Tribal requested a hard closure of State Route 96. The incident was updated as the fire crew was assigned and ETA established, with continued coordination between agencies.

— LoCOBot. AI-generated headline and summary of the CHP dispatch log below as of 5:31 p.m. Did the bot blow it? That’s going to happen from time to time. Please let us know.


4:40 p.m.
[2] FIRE ON HILLSIDE
4:40 p.m.
[3] TREES ON FIRE
4:40 p.m.
[5] XFER TO HOOPA FIRE
4:42 p.m.
[8] ATC HOOPA FIRE X3 NA
4:42 p.m.
[11] [Appended, 16:43:03] [1] WILFIRE TREES ON FIRE ON HILLSIDE
4:43 p.m.
[18] ATC HOOPA FIRE X3 NA XFER CALLER TO CF [Shared]
4:44 p.m.
[19] 1039 HOOPA DISPATCH - FIRE ENRT [Shared]
4:45 p.m.
[20] 1039 CF [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]
5:07 p.m.
[29] 1039 CT [Shared]
5:09 p.m.
[34] 1039 HSO WILL CHK AND ADV [Shared]
5:10 p.m.
[35] 1039 CF [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

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