All photos are available in Some poor soul ran wide at the very tight switchback at mile marker 10...
...and his bike went up in flames, igniting the dry hillside. Rider was fine. There were several fires around the area due to dry conditions, most bigger than this, but how they were started is unknown...as is usually the case.
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Too bad cops don't carry fire extinguishers and shovels, or 1st Responder kits.
If anybody got video, day or night, email me at piratenews@infowars.net
This is exactly why I always carry a fire extinguisher in Alfie (my MINI).
I didn't even see the bike at first. Looks like he MIGHT have dragged it back on the road before the fire got out of control, if it's like all those race crash videos of burning haybales. Just picking it up and flipping it on it's other side would have stopped the fuel leak, and put it on the pavement. If he was wearing proper gloves he wouldn't have worried about being burned. Hard to stay cool after a crash.
The fire dept set most of this fire, but all bikers are now being blamed:
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/apr/17/motorcycle-wreck-dragon-ignites-fire-smokies/
VIDEO:
http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=56810
I always carry a small extinguisher and folding shovel in my cars. This should be required for all vehicles, and is currently required for all "commercial" vehicles.
We do need a "firetruck" (or firecar) at Deals Gap, with a large dry extinguisher, if only to respond to all the crashes. That's what most fire trucks do in Knoxville, hosing down car crash scenes, just to rinse away unburned fuel, or in case of the rare fire.
First Responder training, certification and kit costs $500 (no Homeland Security grants), and takes about 1 month of night classes at a local college. No needles required.
That's what we need on the Dragon, not more cops. Guns are no substitute for first aid and fire extinguishers. But the Great Fire of 2008 will be used to justify the Police State Surge of 2008.
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