Huge Grayling fire being blamed on a train

[Bluewaterfan]

A fire that started around 3:30pm that is burning 10 miles south of Grayling has been blamed on a train. This fire has forced the closure of I-75 in both directions.

(source: WNEM news at 6pm 4/24/2008)

[OwlCaboose2853]

A fire that started around 3:30pm that is burning 10 miles south of Grayling has been blamed on a train. This fire has forced the closure of I-75 in both directions.

(source: WNEM news at 6pm 4/24/2008)

Nope, Bay City News is wrong! Not train!


Fire Danger on High Alert; Illegal Burn Sparks Grass Fire
Firefighters say a grass fire in a seasonal subdivision started after someone illegally burned building materials.
http://www.9and10news.com/category/story/?id=133874

[Bluewaterfan]

Bay City News?? I'm referring to a fire near Grayling. Here is a link to the story and video.

Play the video. They man clearly says "spark from a train"

http://www.wnem.com/news/15983016/detail.html

[OwlCaboose2853]

Bay City News?? I'm referring to a fire near Grayling. Here is a link to the story and video.

Play the video. They man clearly says "spark from a train"

http://www.wnem.com/news/15983016/detail.html

Why not you check out LSRC exactly on schedules? hmm

[Stitch]

Doesn't sound like anyone knows whats going on. Spark from a train.

[cmgnnut]

Boys the tracks don't even run by the fire. I know for sure by looking at a map. The fire started in a sub division by people burning trash and yard waste

[GJ]

I've stopped watching Channel 5
a long long long time ago...GJ

[cmgnnut]

Well I have to admit I was wrong. Yes the train went into emergency right near where the fire started by the rest area on the east side of 75 and spread to the west side and all the way to town.
SO I'll admit I WAS WRONG sorry about that

[OwlCaboose2853]

A fire that started around 3:30pm that is burning 10 miles south of Grayling has been blamed on a train. This fire has forced the closure of I-75 in both directions.

(source: WNEM news at 6pm 4/24/2008)

Nope, Bay City News is wrong! Not train!


Fire Danger on High Alert; Illegal Burn Sparks Grass Fire
Firefighters say a grass fire in a seasonal subdivision started after someone illegally burned building materials.
http://www.9and10news.com/category/story/?id=133874

Grayling wildfire update: ‘People should still be vigilant’
...According to Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) spokesperson Mary Dettloff, the fire started alongside the railroad tracks next to AJD Forest Products on Four Mile Road southeast of Grayling.

Dettloff would not comment on whether sparks from trains may have been responsible for igniting the fire, which destroyed 1,345 acres of forest.

...“People should still be vigilant,” Dettloff said of the fire danger across the state despite recent precipitation and cooler temperatures. “The fire danger can change in a matter of a few days. People need to exercise caution with outdoor burning this time of the year and still need to call or go online to obtain burn permits.”
http://www.gaylordheraldtimes.com/artic ... 103112.txt

[FireCaptain 1214]

Im willing to bet from the reports and contacts that I have that this fire was started by people burning trash without a permit. Any excuse to not blame themselfs,have herd it all the time that it couldent been our fire that started that. Dry ground cover, outdoor burning, with a strong south wind = More business for me!

[crnodak1sd70m-2]

Some photo's of the fire from Grayling paper.

http://www.crawfordcountyavalanche.com/