Vehicle Fire Causes Smoke On Highway 299 East near Snow Camp

AI SUMMARY: At 6:14pm, a car fire was reported on the right-hand side of the road at 1700 Highway 299 East in Humboldt County. Two people were out of the vehicle and there was a significant amount of smoke. By 6:44pm, the fire department arrived and confirmed that it was not an active fire, but just an overheated vehicle. The car was then moved to a turnout at Snow Camp on Highway 299.

— LoCOBot. AI-generated headline and summary of the CHP dispatch log below as of 7:01 p.m. Did the bot blow it? That’s going to happen from time to time. Please let us know.


6:14 p.m.
[3] ON RHS
6:14 p.m.
[4] 2 PTYS OO VEH
6:14 p.m.
[5] LOTS OF SMOKE
6:44 p.m.
[13] 16-19C NEG CFIRE - OVERHEAT // FIRE HAS GONE 97-98
6:38 p.m.
[17] [Appended, 18:45:18] [3] UNK IF 1125
6:58 p.m.
[20] C16-019C VEH MOVED TO TURN OUT - SNOW CAMP -299 [Shared]

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