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| Blaze near Palm Springs kills 4 firefighters |
| 2006-10-27 |
| Four firefighters were burned to death and one other was critically injured today when they got trapped in a fire engine as wind-driven flames raced through a desert community near Palm Springs. The fast-moving wildfire, pushed by dry Santa Ana winds, blackened more than 4,000 acres of desert brushland in the craggy hills, engulfing three buildings and forcing at least 200 people from their homes. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 It's being called arson. Could be it was set by some random pyromaniac. Could be it was set by a wacko firefighter wanting some action. Could even be it was set by some anti-development environmentalist nut. But it also could be it was set by some Mohammedan just as it was laid out in documents captured in the past. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2006-10-27 08:54 |
| #2 The actual cause of death was likely oxygen suffocation. |
| Posted by: Snease Shaiting3550 2006-10-27 03:56 |
| #1 Heard that these four guys + another suffering 95% burns on his body, got trapped as 1000 acres burned in 20 minutes! That's an incredible amount of land, in such a short period of time. Arson -- four if not five counts of murder. And will the fighting firemen have time, to leave the fires and honor their fallen ones? And I know, that Rantburgers will take a moment, in silence, remembering these guys, their families and the fight their buddies still have ahead of them. |
| Posted by: Sherry 2006-10-27 02:06 |