Categories: 2012-2013 Weather

Grass Fire Shuts down 101 near Salinas Airport & early am fire at PB Lodge

4:00 pm – Two vegetation fires in Salinas have shut down Highway 101 at Airport Boulevard due to heavy smoke across the freeway. The fire was reported at 3:10 p.m. on the roadside of southbound Highway 101, but by 3:28 p.m. a second fire started near the northbound lanes just south of the Salinas Municipal Airport.

The Lodge at Pebble Beach Experienced a fire this am just after 4:00 am. I have a photo of that fire which I will continue to try to upload.

  

  

bigsurkate

Appointed appellate counsel for indigent defendants (retired.) I have lived in Big Sur since 1984, first on the north coast, and on the South Coast since 1989.

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  • Any updates on the fires? I assume that the PB fire was quickly extinguished. Looks like it was a chimney or exhaust vent fire.

    • Yes, Suzi, the Salinas one was caught and controlled within an hour. PB was being "mopped up" at dawn. An interesting start to the season. There was a fire at Big Sur Pfeiffer, but it was extinguished before I found out about it.

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