BajaNomad - Heavy rains San Ignacio , 9/15/2025

Heavy rains San Ignacio , 9/15/2025

KaceyJ - 9-16-2025 at 08:01 AM

Just a heads up if you are heading N or S through the area.

I received news and video of flooding and Carretera washout in San Ignacio .
Supposedly they already have a detour to enable passage . One video shows a double propane tanker buckled right in the middle of a washout . Not sure of the exact location though.

David K - 9-16-2025 at 08:37 AM

Indeed, on Facebook are several videos of the flash flood flowing through buildings and deeply cutting through Mex 1 (I believe just northbound of the military checkpoint?). I shared about three of the videos, including one of the tanker truck on my group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/vivabaja

UPDATE: The washout with the tanker truck fallen into is at Km. 82 and the video of it is from this page: https://www.facebook.com/EdithAguilarVillacio

The flooded hotel (?) video is from this page (scroll down to see it): https://www.facebook.com/noticiasconstitucion

The flooded San Ignacio River crossing is here: https://www.facebook.com/reel/24510090821974915

[Edited on 9-16-2025 by David K]

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David K - 9-16-2025 at 08:52 AM

The tanker truck with the washout below and other photos/ videos (scroll down): https://www.facebook.com/guerrerodesal

Km. 82, about 5 miles northbound from San Ignacio

More video of truck and San Ignacio: https://www.facebook.com/reel/3323204614484726

[Edited on 9-16-2025 by David K]

Holy Crap!

AKgringo - 9-16-2025 at 08:58 AM

That's going to take some clever people and a lot of resources to get out of there!

Thanks for posting this.

cupcake - 9-16-2025 at 09:57 AM

If the tanks are full, they might need to be emptied first. Maybe a job for a helicopter to sort out the vehicle.

Holy crap!

lencho - 9-16-2025 at 11:42 AM

Quote: Originally posted by AKgringo

That's going to take some clever people and a lot of resources to get out of there!

What I'm having trouble processing is running doubles full of LPGas, along the Transpeninsular.

AKgringo - 9-16-2025 at 11:45 AM

I don't think I would buy any gasoline from a station that had a flood running over the underground storage tanks! I suppose that they were designed to avoid taking on rainwater, but a flood? Good luck!

bajaric - 9-16-2025 at 07:38 PM

Thanks for heads up, for those who might be driving in that area. I saw that picture on FB, and for the life of me can't figure out how that truck ended up spanning the washout. If the road was already washed out, the cab would have gone straight down to the bottom. It is almost as if it was half way across and the road washed out from under the truck. I guess maybe it was going fast enough to make it all the way across the gap? Like Dukes of Hazard in a gas tanker!

[Edited on 9-17-2025 by bajaric]

Ateo - 9-16-2025 at 08:07 PM

Quote: Originally posted by AKgringo

I don't think I would buy any gasoline from a station that had a flood running over the underground storage tanks! I suppose that they were designed to avoid taking on rainwater, but a flood? Good luck!

My guess from being in that line of work is there's tons of water in the Fill and Turbine sumps which are on the top of the tanks sitting in the parking lot, just below grade. They can pump this out easy (with a marine hand pump) and it doesn't affect the tanks which store the fuel.

Water intrusion into the tanks is more rare, but it could happen. They have sensors inside the fuel though that give them an exact water reading. Anything over 1" of water generally gives the operator an alarm.

I know everyone's response will be "Oh but this is Mexico!" to which I'd say "what business owner wants to pump water into their customers fuel tank, which could stop the car right there in the parking lot and get all that bad publicity?"

It happens, but it's usually an accident.

Nice chatting with ya!

[Edited on 9-17-2025 by Ateo]

elgatoloco - 9-17-2025 at 09:21 AM

Truck was stopped due to flooding up the road and then road washed out.

Quote: Originally posted by bajaric

Thanks for heads up, for those who might be driving in that area. I saw that picture on FB, and for the life of me can't figure out how that truck ended up spanning the washout. If the road was already washed out, the cab would have gone straight down to the bottom. It is almost as if it was half way across and the road washed out from under the truck. I guess maybe it was going fast enough to make it all the way across the gap? Like Dukes of Hazard in a gas tanker!

[Edited on 9-17-2025 by bajaric]

AKgringo - 9-17-2025 at 09:30 AM

Making a U-turn pulling doubles certainly wasn't an option....that trucker was screwed!

Passing through central Nevada on my Baja run in January I encountered several semis pulling triples! On a section with a significant cross wind one of them was "snaking" down highway 95.

[Edited on 9-17-2025 by AKgringo]