As Robert Swetz aka Vegas Bob strolled to his parked car in Thousand Trails RV campground in Morgan Hill California at 12:00 midnight July 31st, he noticed a HUGE cloud of smoke 10 feet from his car.
So VB quickly walked over to his car and there was an old large tree trunk about 6 feet long on the ground, with hot amber about 2 feet long inside the tree.
VB quickly jumped into his car and drove only minutes to the guard gate to alert them.
As the followed VB's car to the tree, it had just started to burn and show flame. The 3 of us drug the tree trunk over to a water spout and proceeded to put out the fire.
The RV park was completely full of approx 80 trailers, and 60 tents.
Where the log was smoking and burning was dry bushes and dry pine trees, etc that reach almost 100 feet in heights.
If VB didn't notice this burning tree trunk, it would have very well started a forest fire.
Possibly causing evacuation of campers in trailers, tents, etc, ;o(
The management took photos of the tree and came to the conclusion that some children may have lit a small fire in the middle of the tree trunk as a joke.
That Saturday the management had a special meeting and thanked Vegas Bob for preventing a forest fire ;o)
So remember ...
Only you can PREVENT FOREST FIRES
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