Posted By Thadeus Greenson@ThadeusGreenson on Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 7:21 AM click to enlarge Arcata Fire Protection District The fire on Babler Road in McKinleyville. A Mckinleyville home was destroyed in a house fire last night, with the Arcata Fire Protection District reporting that its firefighting efforts were hampered by rotating station closures necessitated by budget cuts after a tax measure failed last year. A fire crew and chief officer dispatched from the McKinleyville station to the 1700 block of Babler Road at 6:45 p.m. and arrived within four minutes to find a single-family home 50 percent engulfed in fire. They quickly confirmed the occupants made it out of the house safely and began a defensive attack on the fire but ran out of