Off Road Vehicle Starts Brushfire

On March 21, 2012 at 12:45 PM, E526received an alarm for a motor vehicle fire on Highway 93, near mile post 108 involving an offroad vehicle. Upon the engine's arrival, they found a 4 wheeler involved which had started a 1/4 brush fire. ADOT officials arrived on scene prior to the engines arrival and began putting the fire out with a tender they had near by. The crew took over the incident and began mop up on the brush involvement. Units were on scene for approx. 30 mins until the fire was out. The cause of the fire is unknown.

Article Submitted by Engineer/EMT Ron Hood

Photo Submitted by Firefighter/EMT Aaron Volk