[UPDATE 4:45 p.m.: Multiple Greenhouses involved off Dutyville Road] Fire off of Crooked Prairie Road
At approximately 3:40 p.m., readers report hearing several explosions followed by a fire off of Crooked Prairie Road east of Ettersburg.
According to one report, this is a structure fire probably a greenhouse. One person reported that there were a “couple of explosions, really black smoke, a lot of water cascading down the road.”
Multiple fire departments and air support are headed to the area including one helicopter and a forest service plane.
Please remember that information gathered from initial reports is subject to revision as more facts become available.
UPDATE 4:45 p.m.: According to Cal Fire spokesperson Laura Coleman, the fire is off Dutyville Road in the Telegraph Ridge area. She states that there are multiple greenhouses and a half acre of vegetation involved in the fire. There are no known injuries.
UPDATE Friday: Cal Fire states, “DUTYVILLE FIRE controlled, cause still under investigation.”
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What would explode if a greenie burnt? Fuel? LP? Fertilizer? Sounds more like a BHO lab.
Hope they can put this out safely without injury & can minimize property loss. Thanks fire fighters!
Propane tanks… Generator gas… You answered your own question and then took a leap of faith.
I wouldn’t keep anything that would explode in a greenie. I’m just stating what I think is more likely. I certainly don’t know and could be wrong.
CO2 generator blew out and filled the greenhouse with propane.
Thanks Seamus.
Lots of equipment rolling by…. not much wind so far
Good luck, hope the wind does not show up. Should be a ton of available resources too.
Get to know a local hotshot crew:
https://youtu.be/mYrVFoatpRc
Hotshot crews are badass!
Will they bust the neighborhood full of greenies? No. There are only a few such planned media events. To pretend that scenes are getting popped and scare unpermitted operators into compliance. Otherwise the sheriff is doing the same as always- nothing.
Yes but with a hundred abatement notices this year already the planning dept. has done more than CAMP ever did. Can Ettersburg get some abatement love?
Looks like your wish came true. Abatement love for Eburg.
Drone strike?
The weed was just so fire
Looked pretty bad. Hope no one was injured. Great work to the first responders(telegraph Ridge). Support your local fire departments. Lots of burnt plastic sheeting and burnt pvc. Alternative source of CO2 generation for the plants that survived.
burning plastic & pvc
creates carbon monoxide a poisonous gas. (not carbon dioxide – CO2 which plants and trees need to survive)
@meow Burning 1 kg of pvc plastic generates 3kg of CO2. Carbon monoxide (CO) is a colorless, odorless, and tasteless gas that is slightly less dense than air. Burning plastic emits both. Basic 7th grade chemistry.
thank you jorge! very specific & interesting response
What’s the Verdict
Who started it? Do we know who started the fire yet? Whats their names?
How did this start?
This is the update I just received from Cal Fire: DUTYVILLE FIRE controlled, cause still under investigation. Nothing further.
It was not Dutyville, but Crooked Prairie. There were dozens of witnesses to the location, and the smoke. CalFire is incorrect. The fire was in CP. and, way more than a greenhouse went up. Tons of black smoke. The gossip today is that it was the same greedy grower assholes that are currently logging their land. At least 5 truckloads of spindly tan oaks, def not lumber quality. But hey, they are the best people, cuz they’re legal…
hey guest above…. That’s something you obviously know nothing about. so if you don’t know what the hell you are talking about, just mind your own business!
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When your scene catches fire it becomes everyone’s business.
Just FYI the spindly tan oak is probably for firewood [edit] The lumber quality wood goes to the mill. Duh