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A truck carrying 44,000 kilos of chickpeas burst into flames whereas driving by Demise Valley Nationwide Park in California final month, park officers stated Friday.
The truck was descending Daylight Cross and Mud Canyon Highway, which is closed to business truck visitors, when its brakes overheated and prompted the truck to catch fireplace at round 5:30 a.m. on Nov. 21, the Nationwide Park Service stated.
The truck driver finally pulled over as soon as reaching flat terrain on CA-190, officers stated. A number of businesses responded to the fireplace and no accidents have been reported.
Demise Valley Nationwide Park Superintendent Mike Reynolds stated that business truck wrecks or fires at all times increase issues about what supplies could get launched into the park.
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Firefighters extinguished a fireplace after a truck hauling 44,000 kilos of chickpeas burst into flames in Demise Valley Nationwide Park final month. (NPS/Brian Aillaud)
“Nonetheless, there’s little or no probability that stray chickpeas not cleaned up will change into invasive species within the driest place in North America,” Reynolds stated.
Officers stated the chickpeas will not pose a hazard to the ecosystem at Demise Valley Nationwide Park. (iStock)
Towing service Two Star Towing eliminated the charred wreckage and cleaned up the remaining dried chickpeas, park officers stated.
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The incident was one in all a handful of truck fires to happen within the park this 12 months, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
Regular drought and report summer season warmth make Demise Valley “a land of extremes,” NPS says on its web site. (NPS/Hoerner, File)
California Freeway Patrol spokesman Torey Michener informed the paper in July that truck fires are “normally driver error, driving the brakes as an alternative of utilizing the engine to downshift to cut back pace that causes the fireplace.”
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Abby Wines, a spokesperson for Demise Valley Nationwide Park, informed the paper on the time that almost all drivers are unaware you may downshift to avoid wasting the brakes – even on an automated transmission.
