Fire Reported at Highway 101 South and Salmon Creek Road Offramp, Lanes Closed as Crews Respond

AI SUMMARY: A vegetation fire was reported at the Highway 101 South and Salmon Creek Road offramp. The California Highway Patrol transferred the call to the fire department, as it was possibly related to a chain from a semi-truck. A party from the escort or pilot truck was out of their vehicle trying to put out the fire. Lanes were closed in both directions due to the fire, and there was an estimated two-hour wait for clean-up. State parks were notified of the incident involving a wide load semi-truck with a pilot escort.

— LoCOBot. AI-generated headline and summary of the CHP dispatch log below as of 1:33 p.m. Did the bot blow it? That’s going to happen from time to time. Please let us know.


11:08 a.m.
[3] VEGETATION FIRE
11:10 a.m.
[21] XFER TO FIRE [Shared]
11:12 a.m.
[30] [Notification] [CHP]-PER DUPE POSS RELATED TO CHAIN FM SEMI [Shared]
11:15 a.m.
[43] PER DUPE A PRTY FM THE ESCORT / PILOT TK WAS OO VEH TRYING TO STAMP OUT FIRE [Shared]
11:28 a.m.
[51] A(XXX) XXX-XXXX SB #2 LN [Shared]
11:46 a.m.
[52] A105-018 NB #1 CLOSED [Shared]
12:27 p.m.
[54] A105-018 105-S1 2 HR ETO NEED CT FOR 1184 NB #1 AND SB #2 LN
12:28 p.m.
[55] 1039 CT
12:39 p.m.
[56] 30 MIN ETA FOR DOT
12:57 p.m.
[58] 15 MIN ETA DOT
1:29 p.m.
[62] 1039 STATE PARKS
1:29 p.m.
[63] LE: PER RP WIDE LOAD SEMI
1:30 p.m.
[64] LE: PER RP WIDE LOAD SEMI W/ PILOT ESCORT TK
1:31 p.m.
[65] LE: ADDTL RP LOWBOY SEMI
2:28 p.m.
[67] A105-018 RDWY OPEN 1098

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