As per a Nixle alert issued by the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office, all residents displaced by the Hopkins Fire are welcome to return home as all evacuations orders and warnings have been lifted.
Evacuations orders and warnings were initiated this Sunday, September 12 after the blaze rapidly consumed homes and wildland in Calpella running eastward all the way to the shores of the drought-stricken Lake Mendocino.
Mendocino County’s Hopkins Fire website provides fire victims essential resources such as food banks, senior care, social security information, food stamps, and other services that might be needed in the wake of a disaster.
Residents in need are encouraged to call the County’s hotline at (707)234-6303 to answer any of their questions.
Also, North Coast Opportunities has established a robust network of supports for individuals and families impacted by the Hopkins Fire. Individuals are encouraged to apply through their website and a Disaster Case Manager will contact survivors to meet their needs.
Several GoFundMe donation drives have emerged for families that have lost their homes in the Hopkins Fire:
- A friend of the Shanahan Family established this GoFundMe to raise funds for them after they lost their homes to the Hopkins Fire.
- A friend of Adam and Melidy Lane, a pair of beloved Ukiah Valley educators, who lost their homes established a GoFundMe for them.
- A friend of the Jenney Family, who also lost their home, is hoping the community will consider supporting them.
- This GoFundMe was set up for Gwendolyn McCluskey by her daughter-in-law.
- Chris Byer’s grandmother lost her home in the Hopkins Fire and he set up this GoFundMe for her.
Please, if you know of a GoFundMe ongoing for a victim of the Hopkins Fire, please email us at matthewplafever@gmail.com, and we’ll gladly share.
Previous Coverage
- 46 Structures Destroyed in Hopkins Fire; Those With Homes Still Standing Allowed to Return
- Local Volunteer Recounts Fighting the Hopkins Fire: ‘I Felt Like I Was Looking at an Inferno’
- Ukiah Man Accused of Lighting the Hopkins Fire Was Photographed Gazing as the Flames Consumed Homes and Wildland
- Repopulation Efforts Underway for Area of the Hopkins Fire
- 20-Year-Old Ukiah Man Arrested for Starting the Hopkins Fire Which Burned ‘Numerous Structures, Threatened Hundreds of Lives’
- Evacuation Orders Remain the Same on the Hopkins Fire This Morning
- 200 Structures Threatened But Hopkins Fire Now 20% Contained After Burning 257 Acres and Destroying a Number of Homes
- Hopkins Fire Burns Multiple Structures in Calpella North of Ukiah (Interview With Battalion Chief)
- Mandatory Evacuations as Fire Burns in Riverbed near Calpella’s Hopkins Street
- Scenes of Horrific Devastation Coming From Mendocino County as Hopkins Fire Roars Through Calpella
- Parts of Lake Mendocino Burned as the Hopkins Fire Spread Eastward
