Car Fire Extinguished at Highway 299 and Chezum Road After Brake Fire Incident

AI SUMMARY: At 8:35 pm, an unknown vehicle caught fire on the right shoulder of Highway 299 at Chezum Road. Parties at the scene attempted to extinguish the fire before calling the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection in Fortuna. The fire was determined to be a brake fire and was extinguished by 9:03 pm. All State was contacted to tow the vehicle, with an estimated wait time of 1-2 hours. The involved party was advised that they could start the towing process if they had funds and could submit for reimbursement afterwards.

— LoCOBot. AI-generated headline and summary of the CHP dispatch log below as of 10:39 p.m. Did the bot blow it? That’s going to happen from time to time. Please let us know.


8:35 p.m.
[1] UNK VEH ON FIRE
8:35 p.m.
[3] ON RS
8:35 p.m.
[4] PRTYS ARE TRYING TO PUT FIRE OUT
8:36 p.m.
[5] 1039 CDF FORTUNA
8:36 p.m.
[6] APPEARS TO BE BRAKE FIRE
9:03 p.m.
[13] C16-022C FIRE EXTINGUISED
9:07 p.m.
[18] 1039 CF
10:06 p.m.
[29] ALL STATE REQ INQ WHERE VEH IS BEING TOWED
10:10 p.m.
[31] 1039 ALL STATE ETA 1-2 HR ETA HCC SHOULD RECIEVE PHONE CALL WITH PROVIDER INFO
10:29 p.m.
[34] C16-022C PARTY WILL 1023 FOR 1185
10:35 p.m.
[35] PER BUDDYS NEG CALL/ ADV IF INV HAS FUNDS CAN START 1185 AND INV CAN SUBMIT FOR REIMBURSMENT
10:42 p.m.
[37] C16-022C SPOKE W/ INVOLVED // DECLINING ANY FURTHER ASSISTANCE 1185 // WILL CONT TO 1023 FOR ALL STATE

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