https://n2v.almanacnews.com/square/print/2015/08/19/contractors-equipment-starts-grass-fire-near-webb-ranch


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Contractor's equipment started Aug. 11 grass fire near Webb Ranch

Original post made on Aug 19, 2015

Fire Marshal Denise Enea of the Woodside Fire Protection District said she plans to talk with the land management department at Stanford University about fire-safety protocols when working in dry grass.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, August 19, 2015, 8:21 AM

Comments

Posted by David
a resident of another community
on Aug 19, 2015 at 9:28 am

Is this timely news? If it is, it is more than a week ago.


Posted by Reader
a resident of another community
on Aug 19, 2015 at 12:10 pm

The grass fire itself is old news.

The point here is that the fire marshal wants to talk to Stanford about fire-safety protocols so this doesn't happen again.

Stanford needs to make sure that their contractors aren't mowing/discing dry grass when a stray spark can easily ignite and start a fire. Also, it appears that the mowing people didn't have basic fire-prevention equipment and supplies.


Posted by SteveC
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Aug 19, 2015 at 2:59 pm

SteveC is a registered user.

Here we go again, can't read and understand written material!! Our schools must be really failing to provide reading comprehension.