Despite California seeing record high temperatures and off-the-charts fire conditions in the past week, there are still people trying to clear their property using gas-powered, household mowing equipment.
Cal Fire is fed up and has begun arresting people who start fires while trying to be fire-safe.On Saturday, Cal Fire investigators arrested a man for starting the 13-acre Pocket Fire near Geyserville. The cause of ignition wasn't a match or cigarette, but rather a riding lawn mower that the man was using to try to clear four-foot high grasses from his property.
On Monday, they were clearing a property in Orinda using electric pruners and string trimmers, with a fire extinguisher nearby in case a flying rock should cause a spark. Operations Director, Vlad Velichko, said it's simply not smart to be using gas-fired equipment around grasses that dry.
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