By Larry Judkins
Glenn County Observer
With the release of its media logs on Monday, the Glenn County Sheriff’s Office added to the information about the Saturday, May 14, Stony Creek fire near Hamilton City.
The fire broke out off Highway 32, between Sixth Avenue and County Road VV, just before noon. It was well off the south side of Highway 32, in the Stony Creek bed, south of the North State Hulling Cooperative.
The incident was initially toned out as an Orland Fire Department call, but when its exact location was determined, it was found to be in the Hamilton City Fire Department’s jurisdiction. In addition to the responses of the Orland and Hamilton City Fire Departments, mutual aid was requested and received from the Capay, Glenn-Codora, Bayliss, Willows, Ord Bend, and Artois Fire Departments.
A CalFire helicopter also arrived at the scene to help with extinguishing the fire.
At about 12:15 p.m., Glenn County Sheriff’s deputies arrived on-scene and were informed by fire personnel that a vehicle started the fire. Deputies learned a woman was calling 911 to report the fire on County Road VV near County Road 16.
Deputies met with Abbi Gail Mendoza of Chico, who said she was driving through Stony Creek and her 2006 Chevrolet Trailblazer got stuck on a hill and started smoking. Mendoza got out of the vehicle and observed her vehicle catch on fire.
Deputies assisted Mendoza with contacting North State Hulling and making arrangements to get her vehicle out once the fire was contained. Firefighters were at the scene the entire afternoon and well into the evening.
In the early evening, fire units slowly began to be released. However, there were units from various departments still at the scene at 10:30 p.m.
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