HESPERIA, CA. (Pain In The Pass) >> Fire crews knocked down a 95 acre brush fire Monday evening outside the Los Flores Ranch area in the city of Hesperia.
San Bernardino County Fire and CAL Fire firefighters said that the fire started by a beekeeper smoker located south of Highway 173, near Silverwood Lake at 4:44pm June 6, 2022. The fire jumped the highway and pushed north with the help of the afternoon winds. One ranch was directly threatened by the flames, which included one home, trailers, barns and housed animals. Only one out-building was burned and there were no injures to firefighters, only one person was burned and was taken to a local trauma hospital in unknown condition or if it was the beekeeper, the department said in a news release Tuesday afternoon.
A bee smoker is a device used in beekeeping to calm honey bees. It is designed to generate smoke from the smoldering of various fuels, hence the name. It is commonly designed as a stainless steel cylinder with a lid that narrows to a gap with a half inch diameter. The details on how the smoker began the fire were not available in the news release.
San Bernardino County Fire / CAL FIRE as well as cooperating agencies responded with 23 brush engines, 6 water tenders, 5 chief officers, 2 dozers, 3 hand crews and multiple Fire Investigators. San Manuel, Apple Valley FD, Chino FD, Ontario FD, Victorville FD, Big Bear Fire, USFS, San Bernardino County Sheriff, CHP, and Cal Trans assisted. Fire crews stated Tuesday afternoon, the fire was 70% contained and held at 95 acres.
This story will be updated as more information becomes available.
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