Fire, fallen power line shuts Bayshore Freeway Other Issues, posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Dec 24, 2008 at 3:12 pm
All lanes of U.S. Highway 101 in Mountain View were closed Tuesday night for nearly three hours due to a large fire that toppled a power line across the highway, trapping at least one person inside a vehicle.
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Posted by DA, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood, on Dec 25, 2008 at 11:02 pm
My friend and I were driving by on 101-S and we actually got to see it happen...cars were slowing down to watch... As we passed the multiple ramps on/off 85, there was this HUGE orange explosion about 100ft high--and this hidden house we'd never noticed there before was engulfed in flames. Looked like a gas leak, but why wasn't that part of the story reported?
Posted by CC, a resident of another community, on Jan 3, 2009 at 8:27 am
I wasn't there but it probably started in the heavy duff and pine needles under one of the trees. There are plenty of dry needles in the canopy of pine trees to get the fire started and give it a head start. Overhead wires are a big concern in a fire. Maybe PGE should put wires under the freeway when they fix the roads. You can't build homes under high volatage lines why can we drive under them?
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