Mt. San Jacinto Outdoor Recreation

by **neverwashasbeen** » Tue Aug 06, 2013 2:08 pm

Smoke is visible from Palm Springs. Per tram website, the tram is closed.

by **scottmac** » Tue Aug 06, 2013 2:29 pm

Yep. Dang fires. Lots of smoke ...

by **Florian** » Tue Aug 06, 2013 2:45 pm

Different view from about the same time as scottmac's photo ... http://www.flickr.com/photos/fboyd/9455082078/

Listening to PSFD on radio sounds like fire started near one of the upper parking lots and then burned up the ridge SE of the valley tram station. I could see flames along the ridge that's just in front of the smoke plume.

-Florian

by **Florian** » Tue Aug 06, 2013 3:15 pm

InciWeb page for the tram fire ... http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/3604/

-Florian

by **Florian** » Tue Aug 06, 2013 4:55 pm

Tram fire at 4p looks relatively under control. Doesn't seem to have spread too much from origin .. http://www.flickr.com/photos/fboyd/9455686356/

-Florian

by **Cy Kaicener** » Wed Aug 07, 2013 11:12 am

Here is a video by the Desert Sun

http://www.mydesert.com/article/2013080 ... ck_check=1

Website · by **Perry** » Wed Aug 07, 2013 11:48 am

Just a guess here, a likely explanation is somebody threw a cigarette out the window while driving.

by **Cy Kaicener** » Wed Aug 07, 2013 2:13 pm

That sounds logical Perry

kesq says that the tram has re-opened
http://www.kesq.com/kesq/full-containme ... index.html

by **Hikin_Jim** » Wed Aug 07, 2013 2:17 pm

Someone posted on Facebook that it was a welder doing some kind of maintenance that started the fire, but I have no idea if that story is credible or not.

HJ

by **neverwashasbeen** » Wed Aug 07, 2013 6:23 pm

HJ, your info is correct.

Mt. San Jacinto Outdoor Recreation

Fire burning by lower tram station

Fire burning by lower tram station

Fire burning by lower tram station

Fire burning by lower tram station

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