Wildfire burns 16 acres near fire station and stables, San Bernardino CA
WildfireA wildfire burned 16 acres near a fire station and horse stables in San Bernardino. No homes were threatened and the fire was contained quickly. Ten additional fire trucks were called due to the proximity of high-value homes. The fire occurred when there was no wind, helping to control it.
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I looked out the window and I saw the spiral of smoke not too far away.
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Well, that particular fire was right adjacent to the fire station.
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There's a big vacant lot that's there, and then behind that is a horse stable.
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I don't know what caused the fire.
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And they got it out in 16 acres, okay?
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However,
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when I went online, they had, because of the proximity, okay, it was three parcels away from me.
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Give you an idea.
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They had called for 10 additional fire trucks, because where I am at, there are some pretty fancy homes up to 4.5 million.
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And it was heading this way.
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And fortunately, there wasn't any wind at that time.
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Normally we get kind of a trade wind of 8 to 12 miles per hour that comes directly this way, and we lucked out.
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There wasn't any.
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It could have gotten away pretty fast.
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But I did hear the fireplanes.
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As I was preparing the salad, I heard the fireplanes, and I looked out, and that's why I saw the spiral of smoke going up.
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So we were in good shape.
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We keep the property very, very clean.
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However, I do have a lot of leaves from the windstorm that we had.
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What a week ago, and it was too hot to get out there and clean them all up.
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But that's what I'll be doing today.
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I make sure there's nothing up on the roof.
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What else do I have for you, quick break?
01:22
Okay, back to yesterday and I had almost gone to town to search for a particular part that I needed for my Polaris pool sweep.
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And I thought, no, I'm going to go online and see if I can't find it.
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Well, I did, and I ordered it, and it'll be here on Thursday.
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San Bernardino, CA
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