UPDATE: Trinity sheriff issues evacuation order for 150-acre Campbell Fire outside Willow Creek

The Trinity County Sheriff's Office issued an evacuation order Saturday afternoon due to the Campbell Fire that's burning near the Salyer area south of Willow Creek.

The order covers the Salyer Loop down to the bridge at Highway 299, Salyer Heights, Orchard Lane and Campbell Ridge Road.

The fire started at 3:39 a.m. Friday at Campbell Ridge and Huckleberry Creek roads southeast of Willow Creek.

Mad River Hotshots were on the scene, Forest Service officials said.

The blaze was about 150 acres as of Saturday, when there was a flareup and created a larger plume. It's burning in steep terrain and dry conditions.

An evacuation center has been set up at Trinity Valley Elementary School, 730 N. Highway 96, in Willow Creek, deputies said.

Go here for the Zone Haven evacuation map: https://bit.ly/3Sx4aPd.

Highway 299 was open as of midafternoon Saturday, according to the Humboldt County Office of Emergency Services.

Check http://quickmap.dot.ca.gov/ for up-to-date state highway closures.

The Campbell Fire, burning in Humboldt and Trinity counties, is part of the 2022 SRF Lightning Complex that's being managed by Six Rivers National Forest. The fires started Friday after thunderstorms moved across the forest.

"We are making good progress on a few of the fires, but there are several that are challenging to address," Six Rivers officials said.

"We are working to keep them as small as possible and still working on keeping them out of the larger community centers and from growing together to the extent that is safe and reasonably possible," officials said.

Incident Management Team 11, led by Commander Christopher Fogle, will take command of the Six Rivers Lightning Complex at 6 p.m. Sunday, officials said.

The complex includes:

OAK: 200 acres, south of Willow Creek near FS Road 5N31 and 6N20.

WATERMAN: About 75 acres, northeast of Willow Creek on Waterman Ridge Road 7N02 Forest Route 4.

CEDAR: About 80 acres near the Waterman Fire; has hose lay around it. Multiple resources were on scene, including engines, a water tender and Hotshot crew.

BREMER: 15 acres; northeast of Willow Creek on ridge top above the Bigfoot Subdivision. Four engines and one Hotshot crew there.

FRIDAY: South of Willow Creek a half-mile mile up Friday Ridge Road from Highway 299.

CORRAL: Northeast of Willow Creek on Tish Tang Ridge.

CHARLIE: Contained with hose lay and hand line around it. Located south of Willow Creek near the Oak Fire and along FS Road 6N20.

PRAIRIE: Contained, east of Maple Creek, near Rooster Rock and Snow Camp Mountain. Cal Fire has stopped its forward progress.

Mike Chapman is an award-winning reporter and photographer for the Record Searchlight in Redding, Calif. His newspaper career spans Yreka and Eureka in Northern California and Bellingham, Wash. Support local journalism by subscribing today.

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