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Golfer Starts Fire With Spark From Club
UPI ^
| June 20, 2007
| UPI
Posted on 06/20/2007 2:16:39 PM PDT by DogByte6RER
Golfer starts fire with spark from club
RENO, Nev., June 20 (UPI) -- Reno, Nev., fire officials say a brush fire was caused by a golfer who tried to play his ball from a patch of grass near the Wildcreek Golf Course.
Reno Battalion Chief Curtis Johnson said the golfer hit his ball off the course and then struck an object with his club while trying to direct the ball back to the fairway, The Reno Gazette-Journal reported Wednesday.
The impact of the club on the object created a spark that caused the brush fire, Johnson said.
"He was totally honest about it," Johnson said.
He said he did not know whether it was the golfer who made the emergency call that brought between 45 and 50 firefighters to the scene from Reno and nearby Sparks, Nev.
"We had a lot here," Johnson said. "We use a task force response now, three brush engines and three structure engines and a water tender. We've changed tactics this year because of the dangerous conditions."
Johnson said the blaze did not threaten any structures or cause damage to any holes or practice areas at the golf course.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Nevada
KEYWORDS: arson; badday; bizarre; brushfire; fore; golf; hotshot; tard; weird
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This duffer has really raised the bar on golf handicaps...
To: DogByte6RER
More likely dropped a cig, imo...
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posted on
06/20/2007 2:18:08 PM PDT
by
dinoparty
I can't say that I would fare much better. This is usually what happens when I start swinging a golf club around...
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posted on
06/20/2007 2:18:43 PM PDT
by
DogByte6RER
("Loose lips sink ships")
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posted on
06/20/2007 2:19:21 PM PDT
by
DogByte6RER
("Loose lips sink ships")
To: DogByte6RER
This duffer has really raised the bar on golf handicaps...
He should have told them hitting the ball caused the spark. ;O)
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posted on
06/20/2007 2:20:24 PM PDT
by
Man50D
(Fair Tax , you earn it , you keep it!)
To: DogByte6RER
Yeah but did he have to take a drop or any penalty strokes?
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posted on
06/20/2007 2:20:57 PM PDT
by
Tallguy
(Climate is what you plan for, weather is what you get.)
To: DogByte6RER
O.K. I have used flint and steel on many occasions to start a fire. I’d like a little more info on this, as it’s not all that easy.
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posted on
06/20/2007 2:20:57 PM PDT
by
RonF
To: DogByte6RER
That image is just too cool. Thanks.
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posted on
06/20/2007 2:22:51 PM PDT
by
Centurion2000
(Killing all of your enemies without mercy is the only sure way of sleeping soundly at night.)
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posted on
06/20/2007 2:23:14 PM PDT
by
DogByte6RER
("Loose lips sink ships")
To: DogByte6RER
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posted on
06/20/2007 2:23:53 PM PDT
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: Centurion2000
That was my last golf game...
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posted on
06/20/2007 2:24:14 PM PDT
by
DogByte6RER
("Loose lips sink ships")
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posted on
06/20/2007 2:24:55 PM PDT
by
DogByte6RER
("Loose lips sink ships")
To: DogByte6RER
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posted on
06/20/2007 2:26:23 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(Brian J. Marotta, 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub, (1948-2007) Rest In Peace, our FRiend)
To: dinoparty
To: DogByte6RER
That was my last golf game... Maybe you should take up polo instead. :)
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posted on
06/20/2007 2:32:52 PM PDT
by
Centurion2000
(Killing all of your enemies without mercy is the only sure way of sleeping soundly at night.)
To: dinoparty
This is totally beleivable. I have seen sparks lots of times when sweeping the ground with the golf club. No reason it couldn’t start a fire in dry brush.
To: Man50D
Not that far off, mon ami.
I have witnessed an electrostatic discharge at the point and moment of impact for at least 2 dozen drives...all since the introduction of metal drivers and graphite shafts.
To: DogByte6RER
What a piker! THIS is how you start a fire.
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posted on
06/20/2007 2:35:34 PM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
To: MacDorcha
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posted on
06/20/2007 2:38:04 PM PDT
by
MacDorcha
(study links agenda-driven morons and junk science...)
To: Cletus.D.Yokel
I have witnessed an electrostatic discharge at the point and moment of impact for at least 2 dozen drives...all since the introduction of metal drivers and graphite shafts.
Very interesting but I'll be really impressed if you see someone do that with their putter.
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posted on
06/20/2007 2:40:25 PM PDT
by
Man50D
(Fair Tax , you earn it , you keep it!)
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