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Show CASTLE VALLEY TIMES FLAMING TIMES"; Castle Valley, Utah -- Volume 4, Number 8 -- AUGUST 15, 1995 -- FIRE DESTROYS HOME FIRE DESTROYS CASTLE VALLEY RESIDENCE We experienced a serious fire at the Tuttle home, near the top of Pope Lane, last week. There was no one home at the time, and this allows a fire to gain a lot of headway before it can be seen from a distance. In a closed space, a fire grows very hot until oxygen becomes limited and the fire smoulders, heating everything to well above the temperaature at which it would normally burn. When a door is opened or a wall or roof is burned through, the entire area erupts into flame. This was no doubt the point at which those who discovered the fire saw flames shooting into the air and then receding. There is strong evidence that the fire started from an electncal failure. There are substantial differences in Wires with insulation More Fire Chief’s Report, p3 i i i V " _ .I I. ' Photographs of the fire were taken and made available by Rob Soldat NEIHORS RALLY To CONTROL F IRE A hot and windy August afternoonis a particularly bad time for a firein Castle Valley, especially if it’s up in the juniper zone. What could easily have been a major valley conflagration, was confined to the original site of the fire by the CV Fire Team and the large number of valley residents who showed up to help. A strong up—Valley wind was , blowing for the duration of the fire. Large black ashes were reported to have fallen on a new house on upper Holyoak Lane, but no other fires were started away from the site. Small fires ignited in the dried cheat grasses . around the Tuttle house were contained by Valley residents who showed up at the fire with shovels. With the Tuttle house located in the junipers high on Pope Lane, it was a miracle that the fire did More Fire p. 7 ‘ |