Rice Canyon Road in Rainbow. Reputedly, this is where the Rice Fire started (that's the fire that nearly burned our place!)
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This pole may in fact be the culprit.
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Nearby pole warning.
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This pole may in fact be the culprit. Note the wires hanging down from the top of the pole?
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This pole may in fact be the culprit. Note the missing top crossbar and the cables hanging down? I want to return and get better photos.
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About 100 years south of the suspect pole that may have started the fire, the fire burned this house.
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Close up of the burned house. 5 cars were also destroyed.
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The five destroyed cars. Not sure how many were usable before the fire, however!
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Damage to trees near Rice Canyon Road
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The suspected culprit from Rice Canyon Road. There is a mount for a meter, a cutoff and some low mounted wires.
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Still at Rice Canyon Road. Two sets of wires (a pair above, one below) through branches of a live oak tree.
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Still at Rice Canyon Road. Four wires going through the tree branches.
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Still at Rice Canyon Road. Wires here are going all directions, some through the trees.
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Anothe view of downed wires, over a burned ground.
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MOre wires handing down through the branches. Note the fire-damaged leaves.
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Downed wires (appears to be a figure-8 aerial cable, probably telephone.)
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Now we are on Old Hwy 395 between Old Hwy 395 and I-15 near the Pala Mesa golf course. I could count 7 separate cables down in this one photo!
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More wires down between Old Hwy 395 and I-15 near the Pala Mesa golf course. Note how they dropped on the trees.
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Two more sets of wires down between Old Hwy 395 and I-15 near the Pala Mesa golf course. One assumes the poles were burned down.
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More wires (at least 3) down between Old Hwy 395 and I-15 near the Pala Mesa golf course. One assumes the poles were burned down.
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Wires hanging on burned branches between Old Hwy 395 and I-15 near the Pala Mesa golf course.
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Wires down between Old Hwy 395 and I-15 near the Pala Mesa golf course.
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This new splice closure must be temporary.
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Spraying seed and binder on burned land beside the Misson Road exit off I-15N.
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This house and the one up the hill behind it burned. They were next to the Red Mt. Fire Station.
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The fire burned right up to the fire station on Red Mountain, doing damage to their sign on Mission Road. Note the gas pipes next to it - which did not cause problems.
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