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David K
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SAN IGNACIO ON FIRE!
Just saw this on Facebook, thanks to Desert Bull...
Right now: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2217061911918741
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David K
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It is on the highway side of the river (what can be seen), near Rice & Beans, in San Lino.
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55steve
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Again...sad.
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David K
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Spanish and English:
La Voz del Pacífico 91.3 FM is in San Ignacio, Baja California Sur.
1 hr · (5 pm PDT)
Nos informan de fuerte incendio en el palmar de San Lino, en San Ignacio Kadakaaman, se ocupa ayuda de unidades de bomberos de otras comunidades, hay
hogares en las inmediaciones, familias ya fueron evacuadas. A la espera que se genere más información para ampliar.
#Actualización 18:30. Apoyo del Equipo Móvil del H. Cuerpo de Bomberos Industriales de Exportadora de Sal. SA de CV con 10 elementos, una pipa con
capacidad de 10 mil litros unidad de ataque rápido de comando.
Video propiedad de Andrea Espinoza Liera.
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We are informed of strong fire in the palmar de San Lino, in San Ignacio Kadakaamán, it takes care of fire units from other communities, there are
homes in the vicinity, families have already been evacuated. Waiting for more information to be generated to expand.
#Update 18:30. Support of the h mobile team. Industrial Fire Corps of salt exporter. Sa de CV with 10 elements, a pipe with capacity of 10 thousand
liters fast commando attack unit.
Video owned by Andrea Espinoza Liera.
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Paco Facullo
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Looks bad !
I wonder if there is much of a Bombaros Department there ? Probably not as it's such a small town.
Sure hope there's not much loss of property or any lives...
Since I've given up all hope, I feel much better
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BajaRat
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Super Suck
The dry fronds will carry fire until out of fuel or continuity
Hearts out to San Ignacio
Lionel
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BajaRat
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Quote: Originally posted by Paco Facullo  | Looks bad !
I wonder if there is much of a Bombaros Department there ? Probably not as it's such a small town.
Sure hope there's not much loss of property or any lives... |
Small department
Lionel
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Sadly- this is an all-too-frequent event. One reason residents build with cinderblocks to keep loss of property to a minimum.
A few years ago I watched as a crew of volunteer firefighters explored setting up a series of pumps and pipes in properties along the shores of the
oasis, to give residents and firefighters easier access to water. Not sure if it was ever installed.
One of the limits was lack of electricity in some of the areas to operate the pumps.
\"Probably the airplanes will bring week-enders from Los Angeles before long, and the beautiful poor bedraggled old town will bloom with a
Floridian ugliness.\" (John Steinbeck, 1940, discussing the future of La Paz, BCS, Mexico)
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At my shack in Mulege, it is mandatory to remove all the dead palm fronds every couple of years. This would significantly reduce the fire hazard in
towns with a lot of palm trees.
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Sad indeed
That is such a sweet and mellow drive into town from the highway.
Palm fronds are real fuel monsters
I remember a few years ago when the Willis Palm Grove just north of Thousand Palms near Palm Springs burned
It lit up the sky for miles
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I hope everyone was able to get themselves and their critters out of the way! It is sure to do a lot of damage to many structures, but the palms
themselves are likely to survive.
A year after the fire in the Comondus, I was amazed by the amount of new growth on those blackened trunks.
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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I have friends that live in San Lino. Their homes are ok but it is a mess. Phones are on and off, soot and smoke everywhere. Water has been spotty for
a while also.
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Seems like there was a fire in that area 3 or 4 years ago also. If you choose to not keep the trees trimmed up it can easily happen.
Some developments are not letting palm roofs on casas be used anymore even with the casa being concrete.
If you have ever seen a palm roof get on fire you might think hard about having one even tho they really unique
Common sense is a flower that doesn\'t grow in everyone\'s garden.....
A wise man once spoke nothing.....
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David K
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Thanks for updating the page with the photos and San Lino report.
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AKgringo
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Thanks BajaNomad, dramatic photos indeed! Anybody else notice the guy in the third photo pushing the red truck out into the clearing?
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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there was a huge fire in 2013, im guessing those palms must be pretty hearty?
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AKgringo
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Before Baja, I used to travel to Manzanillo, in the state of Colima. There was a commercial palm grove there that produced both coconuts, and oil
type palm nuts.
One year our arrival was just after a cyclona, and the palm grove looked like a telephone pole farm of topless trunks. On the next vist, two years
later, it was back in production, just with a little shorter trees!
[Edited on 8-18-2019 by AKgringo]
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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Whale-ista
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Great photos! Thanks for the post and update.
Closer to home: the Palm Canyon trail in Anza Borrego State Park has good interpretive displays explaining the history and role of fire in the palm
groves.
Indigenous people routinely used controlled fires to thin out the undergrowth/dead fronds and keep vermin under control, from the Baja region up to
Joshua Tree. Fire scars are common on the older palm trunks- they survive so long as there is not enough fuel to "top" the palms and kill the live
fronds growing at the top.
Does anyone know if there are "controlled burn" programs in Baja Sur, or any programs to help keep the fronds trimmed? It would be a lot of work at
first, and a challenge to prevent the fire from spreading with so much fuel, but could be worthwhile in the long run.
\"Probably the airplanes will bring week-enders from Los Angeles before long, and the beautiful poor bedraggled old town will bloom with a
Floridian ugliness.\" (John Steinbeck, 1940, discussing the future of La Paz, BCS, Mexico)
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Hopefully the Mission is saved. That would be a disaster.
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