Day: January 17, 2022

By Larry Judkins

Glenn County Observer

Glenn County emergency responders had plenty to keep them busy during the last two hours of the morning on Monday.

Shortly after 10 a.m., Orland firefighters were dispatched to a report of a structure fire at 1317 Pine Street, south of the fairgrounds.

Orland police and a sheriff’s deputy got there quickly and made sure the residents were out of the house.

Orland Fire Chief Justin Chaney, reporting from one of the overpasses at Interstate 5, said that a large column of smoke could be seen.

The fire dispatcher said that he would go ahead and call for mutual aid from Artois and Willows.

Willows Fire Chief Nathan Monck, who lives in Orland, soon arrived at the scene.

Several Orland firefighters responded to the fire, as did Artois firefighters.

As The Glenn County Observer’s reporter was just about to make a left turn onto Pine Street from South Street, two Orland police units, with lights and sirens activated, turned from Pine Street onto westbound South Street.

Orland Police Sergeant Sean Johnson later said they responded to a single-vehicle accident at Almond Way and Rennat Way.

After firefighters gained control of the house fire, The Observer’s reporter headed to the vehicle accident.

On the south side of Almond Way, just east of Rennat Way, a young driver had apparently been traveling west on Almond Way when he lost control of his Infiniti, traveled across the roadway, and hit the guy wires of a power pole.

The pole itself did not appear to be seriously damaged and no power lines had fallen.

The driver appeared to be unhurt but the car sustained significant damage and was removed from the scene by Bambauer Towing.

Update: The Orland police logs for this incident identified the driver as Ryley Nelson, 19.