No one was injured after a tour bus in Cape Cod was completely engulfed in flames Saturday afternoon, fire crews said. The driver of the bus was able to evacuate all of the passengers before firefighters arrived around noon on Saturday, the Wellfleet Fire Department said. Crews found a bus "fully engulfed in flames, with fire burning in the brush approaching a nearby home." Firefighters knocked the fire out, the department said, and prevented it from spreading to the home.
A spokesperson for Hundred Acre, a popular Calistoga-based winery, confirmed Friday that company representatives had recently spoken with fire investigators who are trying to figure out what started the region's largest fire this year. "They are working cooperatively with the investigation into the Pickett fire," said Sam Singer, a spokesperson for One True Vine, a company that includes Hundred Acre wines. The San Francisco Chronicle has described Hundred Acre as a "cult Cabernet" winemaker.
According to the station, firefighters starting receiving calls about a fire in the town around 3 a.m., with the reports initially indicating there was a large brush fire on the side of Route 11 or Lakeshore Drive. Crews found the fire at the castle, at 59 Lockes Hill Road, but the flames quickly spread to the surrounding brush, burning about 2-acres, according to WMUR.
Nine people were killed and dozens more injured when the five-alarm fire broke out before 10 p.m., and some trapped residents were seen hanging out of windows and screaming for help.
An idle Southern California Edison transmission tower was dismantled, removed and flown away via helicopter Wednesday so it could be tested to determine what, if any, role it played in igniting the devastating Eaton fire.
The fire is suspicious in nature," Dolton Deputy Fire Chief John Calhoun said, as authorities investigate whether the blaze is linked to ongoing political tensions.
Investigators are seeking four teenagers linked to a brush fire in Riverside, which ignited after witnesses saw them setting off fireworks, highlighting rising enforcement against illegal activities.