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Accidental ignition




At approximately 12:45 p.m. on Monday CAL FIRE Mt. Bullion Captain Jerry Jay radioed the Emergency Command Center (ECC) reporting a large column of thick black, smoke in the Bootjack area. A full structure fire response was initiated. When the first engine arrived at the scene from Bootjack it found a small Winnebago motorhome totally involved in fire. The vehicle located at 3699 Highway 49 South was not operable and it was uninhabited. It was being dismantled for scrap at the time of ignit...

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