Wednesday, Steven said, the Kelly Fire had wrapped around the hill behind the lodge and crossed the highway at the beginning of an area locals call the narrows. 199 to Patrick Creek Lodge twice Wednesday afternoon. The Prescott Fire looks to be burning within the Siskiyou Wilderness, according to a Six Rivers National Forest map. The Diamond and Prescott fires are under 500 acres each, Rubiaco said. A hard closure is also in effect for the road at the agricultural station near the Oregon border, according to a news release.Ĭourtesy of the Six Rivers National Forest 199 between Pioneer Road and Oregon Mountain Road. The Kelly Fire, at 1,100 acres, prompted Caltrans to close U.S. The largest of these is the Holiday Fire that’s currently mapped at 1,800 acres north of Patrick Creek near the Oregon state line. Sparked by lightning, the Smith River Complex consists of about 13 fires that have been mapped at a total of approximately 4,000 acres as of Thursday, according to Six Rivers National Forest Fire Public Affairs Specialist Adrianne Rubiaco. Residents should sign up for alerts via Del Norte County Office of Emergency Services’s Community Alert System. And in addition to Gasquet, French Hill, Big Flat, Rock Creek and Low Divide are at a Level 1 “Be Ready” evacuation warning. High Divide, Rowdy Creek and Pioneer and Panther Flat residents are under a Level 2 “Be Set” evacuation order. Other areas under a Level 3 “Go Now” evacuation order include Little Jones Creek, the Copper Creek Drainage and Coon Creek. The local chapter of the American Red Cross has opened a shelter there, Steven said. Steven said if residents don’t have friends or family to be with in Gasquet, which is under a Level 1 “Be Ready” evacuation warning, or Hiouchi, they should head to the Del Norte County Fairgrounds in Crescent City. “All the fires grew quite a bit during the night and they continue to grow.” “Things moved quite a bit during the night,” Steven said.

This includes the area near South Forks Road and the former Bar-O-Boys Ranch.

The Washington Flat area is the latest to be under a Level 3 “Go Now” evacuation order, Del Norte Office of Emergency Services Public Information Officer Bill Steven told the Wild Rivers Outpost at about 9:45 a.m. Residents living in several areas of the Smith River canyon were ordered to evacuate due on Wednesday and Thursday to a complex of wildfires, one of which is damaging U.S. 199 at Patrick Creek Lodge at about 4 p.m. Bill Steven, Del Norte OES's public information officer, snapped this shot of U.S.

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