Hundreds of cars on fire at Lancaster salvage yard

[yard_stare]

They aren't aiming for the fire, they are spraying down the unburned ones to minimize the spread later on

[FhpluV]

“What can be, unburdened by what has been”

[sandyharman]

The men driving those tractors to move the cars surely felt all the heat. Brave men like the firefighters.

[MargaretCampbell-wveg]

These firefighters are doing the best they can give them some current they are putting their life's on the line here ppl😮😮😮😮😮😮

[TimDrake-vnwo]

Something like 10 years ago the Milliron wrecking yard in Mansfield OHIO caught fire and you could smell the wiring burning thirty miles away on the hill here for 3 days . Big stinky fire and they drained all the fluids when the cars are taken to the you pick it yard .

[PATRICIAANNPAULK]

How horrific and into the air it goes🥱🤢🤧🤮🤮

[ffjsb]

So many people clearly have zero firefighting experience, but that still doesn't stop them from exhibiting their ignorance....

[wolfbirdhomestead]

Recycling center in sacramento is currently on fire as well

[xhetoomni]

The fire is out. It is a smoldering pile of metal and plastic as of now. The L.A Sheriff closed down I and division streets. The smoke was as black as a 5 tornado. This was in Lancaster, Ca. Eighty miles northeast of Los Angeles and it was 108 degrees in the high desert. Yes Los Angeles county has a desert and it was somewhat lucky that it was not 118 degrees days ago. Eat your heart Phoenix and Las Vegas.

[rcjr]

Looks like the pipe ladder water stream is just a tad short of the 🔥

[zrxdoug]

Why didn't they use tanker aircraft like CA uses for wildfires? The hoses obviously weren't even reaching the majority of the flames.

[roberthardman]

There goes a thousand years of carbon tax credits up in smoke

[josepha.birmingham]

That helicopter flying around isn't helping the situation, every time it passes over it fuels the fire with more oxygen!

[roberthardman]

If I live downwind of that I'd be getting the hell out of there that smoke is really toxic with all that plastic vinyl burning

[nancynieves]

The world needs Jesus without him there is nothing we can do AMEN

[timbarnes]

Such places should be protected by on site fire protection, they should also be protected by 10ft grid fire walls..

[camabis-uwlm]

Kind of like when a kid’s unable to hit the inside of a toilet.

[basspig]

Looks like several separate fires have started in this Salvage yard.

[watchthe]

It looks like they have a water supply problem and are reduced to limiting the spread. Soak down the firebreak while you have flow, be ready to call for water when it starts getting loose. If I recall, Lancaster is semi-rural and just doesn't have the infrastructure the main cities have. That they have called in water drops makes it clear they are having water supply issues. They are doing a very good job keeping the fire corralled in a corner of the junkyard.

[flashflame]

How scary and all that bad air is being taken in by people!!!