Fairhaven Fire fully contained, Crews expected to remain on scene for rest of week

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FAIRHAVEN, Calif. (KIEM)-The fires, which broke out a little before 5 p.m. Monday, on the Samoa Peninsula are fully contained.

Redwood News visited the aftermath, the smell of smoke still in the air and acres of charred vegetation more prominent than the untouched areas where the fires broke-out.

Michel Viens is visiting from Canada and works temporarily on the Samoa Peninsula.

“Since I am working right across the street here,” he said. “I came to see on my lunch break how close it was.”

Being that Michel Viens is living in Humboldt County temporarily, he is currently staying at a hotel nearby.

“From my window, I could see the smoke, not the flames but the smoke,” said Viens.

Troy Smith is Assistant Fire Chief of Samoa Peninsula Fire District

“This one, was the fire that was off Simpson Contractors Road, this one was approximately 15 acres,” he said. “The other one that we had was down on Lincoln, which was approximately 10 acres.”

Crews were back in Fairhaven as early as seven o’clock, Tuesday morning.

“We have one crew working on checking the fire scene,” said Smith. “So basically they are going around a water nozzle and they are checking for hotspots.”

Crews are looking for any visible smoke, and if found, they will douse that area with water.

Tessa Lynn Chandler is a fire fighter and emergency medical technician with Samoa Fire. She lives in the area and saw plumes of smoke nearby, instead of running toward her home, she headed toward the blaze.

“Yes, it is my home, but Lincoln, priority, so it was more about them, there property their lives more so,” said Chandler.

Multiple engines responded to two fires Monday, one burning between Simpson Private Road and Lincoln Avenue, the other burning Southeast of Lincoln Ave. and Duprey Street.

The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

Smith says, crews will be on seen for multiple hours, everyday throughout the week to ensure the fire is 100% extinguished.

“My suggestion would be to stay away for at least a week, until we make sure that there is no threat for spread anything like that.

Smith says, if you see flames call 911.

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