The following is a press release issued by the Fort Bragg Police Department:
On September 24, 2021, at approximately 0500 hours, Officers from the Fort Bragg Police Department responded to the area of the 1000 block of Glass Beach after hearing the Fort Bragg Fire department being dispatched to the area for a vehicle fire.
Upon arrival, Officers and Fire personal located a passenger vehicle fully involved with fire. Officers believe that someone was inside the vehicle when the fire started and then began trying to remove property from the vehicle. The first fire personal on the scene reported that no one was at the vehicle or in the vehicle when they arrived. A cell phone was located nearby that may possibly belong to the owner of the vehicle.
The vehicle was a 2013 Toyota Prius, with a California license of (6ZHJ173). The registered owner of the vehicle is an Adam Snyder, out of Arcata California.
Officers are looking for anyone who may have information or possibly know the location of Snyder or anyone who was inside the vehicle when the fire started. Any information can be passed on to Officer Jarrod Frank at 707-961-2800 x 139 or jfrank@fortbragg.com.
That must have been a real adventure. As I recall, that’s a steep tumble down to Glass Beach.