Fire destroys Fort Dick structures

A fire destroyed two Fort Dick buildings and a car late last Sunday morning. 

Two adults and four children escaped the 11:30 a.m. fire uninjured with two of their dogs. The other two dogs perished in the flames. 

The Fort Dick Fire Department responded to the fire, which had been reported to the Del Norte County Sheriff’s Office dispatcher by one of the neighbors. Crescent City Fire and Rescue and the Pelican Bay State Prison Fire Department responded as well.  

By the time firefighters had arrived, the fire had consumed three-fourths of the main structure and was encroaching on a structure 30 feet away. 

Firefighters kept the fire from reaching the next property, but the flames engulfed a double-wide manufactured home, a shed and a car on the 4600 block of Kings Valley Road.  

Twenty-one personnel from the three agencies responded to the scene and contained the fire in approximately 30 minutes.  

The neighborhood took care of the family of six and sheltered them immediately following the fire, according to Battalion Chief Matt Berry. “All the neighbors in that area were great. They were really helping the family out,” Berry said. 

The cause of the fire is still under investigation.