In the previous post it was cited that Dad shouted to me, "The Island Is On Fire" … You’re your Camera" in the wee hours of 2 December 2011. As it turned out, the fire was caused when a night time dune ride in a fairly new Jeep Wrangler ended up stuck on a sandy ridge with both front and rear wheels dangling above the ground. The driver was driving too slow otherwise he would have gone completely over the ridge. The Jeep's hot exhaust, etc. must have ignited the tinder dry grass under the vehicle. The driver, probably "feeling no pain" at 3:30 AM, Friday morning, never realized that a fire had been kindled under his vehicle until it was too late. We can just imagine him grabbing his vehicle's paperwork from the glove box and jumping out with fire licking his heels.
In case you are wondering, the dune buggy cove is about a mile south of our campsite and is a favorite hang-out for locals who have carved miles of trails up and down ever changing dunes for their 4 wheel drive vehicles.
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