Investigators are trying to figure out what sparked a massive fire at a utility pole yard in Northwest Fresno on Thursday, reports abc7.com.
The fire, which started just before 4 a.m., continues to burn at the McFarland Cascade yard off Golden State north of Ashlan Avenue.
Intense flames and smoke filled Northwest Fresno as stacks of utility poles burned one after the other. The flames could be seen for miles in the dark of the morning, and the poles burned with such intensity that motorists along a nearby street said they could feel heat radiating through their windshields.
“我看到了巨大的烟,我想,这是耶鲁大学管理学院ething I don’t see everyday,” said Eric Salinas, Fresno resident.
Several fire crew rushed to the business and saw the intensity of the fast moving fire.
“The crew arrived and determined there was 15-plus piles of power poles burning at the time. And without an adequate water supply they determined they were going to go into a defensible operation mode,” said Lawrence French, spokesman for the Fresno Fire Department.
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