An early Thursday morning fire broke out just after 2:00am at Elk Valley Storage on Elk Valley Road. Crescent City Fire & Rescue arrived to find heavy fire burning in a group of travel trailers stored within the gated storage yard. Fire personnel cut through a fence to operate a security gate to allow firefighters and engines to access the fire.
It was found that two fifth-wheel travel trailers parked approximately two feet apart were fully involved with fire. The fire had spread to an additional travel trailer on the east side of the trailer, and another on the west side adjacent to a storage container.
Due to the close spacing of the burning trailers and neighboring trailers, access was challenging. As the fire was knocked down, a person on site told responders that several propane cylinders were stored in one of the trailers that fire had been spreading to. This was verified by on scene crews and propane cylinders were also located between the storage container and a threatened trailer.
The trailers appeared to have been on site for quite some time based on other trailers and materials stored around them. Fire loss and damage was estimated at $10,000, with the two main trailers being a total loss.
