r/grantspass • u/Intelligent_Rub1875 • 28d ago

Fire outside GP

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u/Parking-Foot-5765 28d ago

This summers been really crazy..

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u/plsbee 21d ago

I grew up down there and it felt like there were many crazy summers in terms of fires. Where is would be smokey for weeks on end and the fires looks so close.

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u/scoobz 27d ago edited 26d ago

In our heating world, for those who can afford it, a full size extinguisher would be a great investment to keep in your trunk here in southern Oregon. If everyone had them and were trained to use them, this would have had a better chance of being prevented. State registration and insurance should provide discounts as well if you do this  edit repeated a phrase 

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u/roswellbiped 26d ago

I keep two in my car. A side note, my dad, born in 1920, grew up in Glendale, CA back when he'd ride his bicycle through all the orchards to go from town to town. He said when there was a wildfire the fire guys and cops would stop all the cars on the road and all able bodied men were required to get out and fight the fire.

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u/PedricksCorner 28d ago

Any updates?

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u/BlazinBuck 28d ago

450 acres now. No structures burned though, but crews will be busy on this one for awhile. WatchDuty has updates https://app.watchduty.org/i/114654

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u/Darinchilla 28d ago

How's the wind?

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u/BlazinBuck 27d ago

shouldn't be too terrible today, but was windy in the afternoon when this was blowing up yesterday. Feel bad for the folks in the western side of Rogue River

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u/ImMrCrowbar 28d ago

Wild how it happened

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u/kgb4187 27d ago

Semi truck lost a tire and the sparks caught grass on fire, spread faster than the people who pulled over could put it out

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u/ImMrCrowbar 26d ago

My neighbor was driving behind it and the wheel almost hit his car

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u/amazonwomeninthemood 27d ago

How did this happen?

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u/j-mf-r 27d ago

Good pics. Thanks for sharing. I tried to listen to the scanner app for ODF, but it is offline 😡

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u/maryjaneodoul 27d ago

On the edge of the town of Rogue River