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Vehicle fire on CA-190 in Death Valley National Park

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Vehicle fire on CA-190

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Firefighters from Beatty Volunteer Fire Department (left) and National Park Service (right) spray water to cool the vehicle wreckage. Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes are seen in the background. NPS photo

DEATH VALLEY, Calif. – A soft drink delivery truck burned to the ground on CA-190 near Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes in Death Valley National Park on August 15. The driver was not injured. Firefighters believe overheated brakes started the fire.

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Panoramic view of response vehicles: Caltrans truck, NPS ambulance, NPS water tender, NPS fire engine, burned delivery truck, and Beatty Volunteer Fire Department truck. NPS photo

The National Park Service, Beatty Volunteer Fire Department, Caltrans, and California Highway Patrol responded to the incident. This was the fourth vehicle fire in the park in just over a month.

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Death Valley National Park is the homeland of the Timbisha Shoshone and preserves natural resources, cultural resources, exceptional wilderness, scenery, and learning experiences within the nation’s largest conserved desert landscape and some of the most extreme climate and topographic conditions on the planet. Learn more at www.nps.gov/deva


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