Hazard Elimination Causes Fire
The Bagley Park grandstands, located just cast of the city limits of Vancouver, Wash., burned to the ground recently with a loss estimated at $25,000. The stands were not covered by insurance.
The fire was caused by sparks from a fire started by the Deputy State Fire Warden, who was directing a crew burning grass to remove a fire hazard for the protection of crowds who used the stands. City trucks were called, but were stopped from laying hose because of a standing order against leaving the city limits. A union rule prevented two linemen front cutting wires in a cable carrying 2,300 volts, which endangered the crowd throughout the fire.
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