Updated 2:08p.m.
According to the California Highway Patrol highway 36 between Susanville and Westwood has been reopened to traffic.
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Updated 12:37p.m.
Highway 36 in now closed between the Chimney and the junction with A-21. Traffic between Westwood and Susanville is being diverted by the Lassen County Sheriff’s Department from Westwood to Highway 44 and then east to meet highway 36 again west of Susanville
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12:15p.m.
Firefighting crews are arriving at the scene of a wildfire burning near Goodrich Creek Meadows and Moonlight Road east of Westwood.
Traffic along Highway 36 is being shut down at the Westwood ‘Y’ (A-21) intersection because smoke is creating hazardously low visibility near the fire.
This is a developing story and we will update it as more information becomes available.
This is an approximate location based on radio traffic
