Passed what appeared to be a camper van in Death Valley on Apr. 9th. When I first went by, there wasn't any traffic control and so I just drove by...the heat from the fire, even through my closed windows, was fierce. Lots of shrapnel in the roadway. The owners were headed up a long steep hill and the temps were in the 80's so I suspect a busted fuel line? Caught the engine on fire perhaps and the tank exploded?
Anyway, here's some pictures.
I was heading west as I passed it at almost 11 AM and on my way back at near 3 PM, they were cleaning up the site and there was some traffic control with on site police.
Not much left of the thing...
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Fire in Death Valley