Response by Sondra Kirtley, owner of Scrapper's Edge, averted bigger fire at DA Victim Witness Office

(Humboldt Bay Fire)

The DA's Victim Witness Office has been temporarily relocated to the fourth floor of the Courthouse.


District Attorney Press Release:

Today a fire burned the outside corner of the District Attorney Victim Witness Office at 712 Fourth Street.  Fortunately no one was injured, but the Office was filled with smoke.

Therefore, Victim Witness staff and services will be temporarily relocated to the District Attorney’s Office on the Fourth Floor of the courthouse at 825 Fifth Street.  The contact number for the Victim Witness Office is temporarily 707-445-7411.

For limiting the harm caused by the fire, the District Attorney’s Office thanks: Sondra Kirtley of Scrapper’s Edge for quickly alerting Victim Witness staff, the Victim Witness advocates who immediately attacked the fire with extinguishers, and Humboldt Bay Fire Department personnel for their rapid and effective response.

Humboldt Bay Fire Press Release:

At about 2:45pm on Wednesday, July 31st, a passerby saw smoke coming from the corner of an office building on the 700 block of 4th St.
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Concerned, the passerby ran into the business and alerted employees who grabbed a fire extinguisher and exited the building. Seeing flame coming from the exterior of the building, a brave employee was able to discharge the contents of the fire extinguisher onto the flames and put the fire out.

Humboldt Bay Fire crews arrived on scene within a minute of being dispatched and confirmed the fire was extinguished and had not spread through the walls to any other areas of the building by using their tools to check inside the walls.

Crews also set up fans throughout the office to expel unhealthy smoke from the interior working conditions.