Monday, 22 October 2007 02:01
Accident and Grass Fire Friday Afternoon near Tabeaud Road
At
approximately 12:30pm last Friday reports of a fire in the area of Amador Lane and Tabeaud Road
were reported. Initial reports stated that it did not appear to be an oversized
burn pile but an uncontrolled grass fire. A quick check for smoke in the area,
had units responding code 3 to the fire and they soon realized an accident. Crews
arrived on scene and immediately started working on the small grass fire, while
the CHP questioned what appeared to be an intoxicated man.
Just a short time later at 12:45 they reported
that the fire appeared to be under control, however just minutes later
dispatchers received reports that the fire was kicking back up, and rapidly. 15
minutes later the fire was again contained at a ¼ of an acre. Cal Fire, the
AFPD, Jackson Fire, and Pine Grove Crews all responded as well as the CHP to
the scene of the accident. According to Camino Dispatch, it appears that an intoxicated man
crashed his vehicle through a fence and proceeded to drive it over an embankment
. The vehicle started a grass fire which began to spread. Thanks to the fast
response of fire crews it didn’t get very far. The vehicle had to be towed and
an official report has not been received on other details of the accident.
