Body Beach on Fire

[RiverDave]

This is a big ass fire!

 

[RiverDave]

It has literally doubled in size in the last 60 seconds.. I can see the flames plain as day all the way from my house

 

[PrimeCut]

It has literally doubled in size in the last 60 seconds.. I can see the flames plain as day all the way from my house

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Where is it at? We see it from Havasu Landing, it looks massive


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[RiverDave]

Where is it at? We see it from Havasu Landing, it looks massive


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Minikat said it was Body beach, where all the jet skis race etc

 

[PrimeCut]

Minikat said it was Body beach, where all the jet skis race etc

I’m headed out in the Rzr to see if we can get a better view, I said the same thing to my friends, it looked like it double in size fast


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[PrimeCut]

Crazy

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[RiverDave]

There was all these bangs earlier. Almost sounded like someone shooting a gun down there?

 

[riverroyal]

So body beach or island?

 

[RiverDave]

So body beach or island?

Body beach for sure

 

[USMC2010]

We can see flames from our house and that is a mile up from you Dave.

 

[riverroyal]

Ok

 

[RiverDave]

It’s definitely body beach and no structures. I have a friend in the fire dept, and he told me the fire boat is working it from the water side, but on land the plan is to let it just kind of burn itself out for now.

 

[PrimeCut]

It’s definitely body beach and no structures. I have a friend in the fire dept, and he told me the fire boat is working it from the water side, but on land the plan is to let it just kind of burn itself out for now.

Security at the casino over here said that there was a homeless encampment where it started


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[ONE-A-DAY]

Right behind skate park, this is from 95 and mulberry, it’s raging, you can feel the heat in the car.

 

[SOCALCRICKETT]

Good lord, it was either head to the desert bar or go to body beach after we got off the lake yesterday, guess we made the right choice

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[Ouderkirk]

Security at the casino over here said that there was a homeless encampment where it started


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Well, I guess that's one way to get rid of them....

 

[Heylam]

Security at the casino over here said that there was a homeless encampment where it started


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Well, I guess that's one way to get rid of them....

Lots of homeless were down there. Only problem now is, it will probably push them back up into town.

 

[Ouderkirk]

Lots of homeless were down there. Only problem now is, it will probably push them back up into town.

The city council needs to direct the police department to relocate them to the county line with "a kick in the ass and don't come back".

 

[Runs2rch]

Where is it at? We see it from Havasu Landing, it looks massive


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Oh man so now you're a Havasu boater???!!! Hahahaha

 

[PrimeCut]

Oh man so now you're a Havasu boater???!!! Hahahaha

I’m down at a friends house at Havasu Landing for the weekend, we are doing desert stuff, we did take their pontoon to the channel yesterday


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[throttle]

There have been controlled burns there in the past. However, an accidental fire in that area would be called an improvement fire (some people treat that area like a dump) [emoji107]


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[Jed-O]

The city council needs to direct the police department to relocate them to the county line with "a kick in the ass and don't come back".

Parker is closed.

 

[Runs2rch]

I’m down at a friends house at Havasu Landing for the weekend, we are doing desert stuff, we did take their pontoon to the channel yesterday


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Nice. We have friends that have a place on that side also. All sorts to explore.

 

[Ziggy]

Well, my first intuition says is wasn't an accidental fire.

 

[t&y]

So how bad was the damage?

 

[phuggit]

So how bad was the damage?

Three cardboard boxes and a tent were completely destroyed. One shopping cart sustained smoke damage. The total estimated cost to rebuild is $5.

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[RiverDave]

So how bad was the damage?

The fire Dept just let it burn, but made sure it wouldn’t spread anywhere else. The explosions and pops were most likely propane bottles. Nobody was hurt to my knowledge.

 

[SJP]

There have been controlled burns there in the past. However, an accidental fire in that area would be called an improvement fire (some people treat that area like a dump) [emoji107]


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Agree - people completely trash the beach. It is such a nice riding place but I stopped going there with my family.

 

[Ziggy]

The fire Dept just let it burn, but made sure it wouldn’t spread anywhere else.

Little bit of house cleaning, no?. Exactly why I think it's no accident.

 

[TCHB]

I got the fire department notice last night and it said Body Beach.

This morning we golfed and could smell smoke pretty heavy.

 

[PrimeCut]

Nice. We have friends that have a place on that side also. All sorts to explore.

A different view of the lake for me, kind of like it

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[Mini Kat]

 

[Ouderkirk]

From the looks of things on Google Earth, this was a way to eradicate the homeless bivouac located there. Sterilizes everything

 

[DUNEFLYER]

 

[RiverDave]

Killing it with the aerials today!

 

[Taboma]

You can clearly see a few rather large homeless camps from this aerial shot last June. Quick clean up for sure.
Here in San Diego they inhabit various river beds and areas of dense vegetation, fires are common.

 

[Paul65k]

Wow.....great pics here....thanks guys!!!

 

[wsuwrhr]

A little summer cleanse then?

From the looks of things on Google Earth, this was a way to eradicate the homeless bivouac located there. Sterilizes everything

 

[wsuwrhr]

Sometimes you just have to burn down the forest.

 

[Taboma]

Sometimes you just have to burn down the forest.

Certainly between the careless homeless campers and moronic beach partiers, the possibilities are almost endless.
I know a guy, who's now no longer with us (RIP buddy), who thought that shooting off bottle rockets at a remote beach site was harmless fun. Until one errant shot, landed in the heavy dry brush at the back of a once beautiful bay, torched. Of course he slipped away, nav lights off, into the dark void. So somebody probably knows how it started, but unlikely we'll ever know.

 

[ONE-A-DAY]

Orange County should follow this same model instead of building homes for them

 

[RiverDave]

Orange County should follow this same model instead of building homes for them

Oh there are battles galore on fb over this right now.. A few liberals saying we need to build them shelters, and others saying hell no.. then there’s me saying bus em to kingman and drop them off. Lol.

 

[Ouderkirk]

Oh there are battles galore on fb over this right now.. A few liberals saying we need to build them shelters, and others saying hell no.. then there’s me saying bus em to kingman and drop them off. Lol.

Your best bet is to get rid of them, the other side of the Mexican border might be a good place to start putting them. Nothing good comes from coddling them except creating more of them.

 

[RiverDave]

Your best bet is to get rid of them, the other side of the Mexican border might be a good place to start putting them. Nothing good comes from coddling them except creating more of them.

I agree 100%.


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[wsuwrhr]

One shopping cart.

I think your cost to rebuild is 100% too much.

Noted.

Three cardboard boxes and a tent were completely destroyed. One shopping cart sustained smoke damage. The total estimated cost to rebuild is $5.

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[ChasingPaper]

Orange County should follow this same model instead of building homes for them

We all know why


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[Kailuaboy89]

Well at least it looks like there will be more parking this summer, but less shade lol!

 

[KENDOG689]

Great pictures and follow the shopping carts to the next area with skyrockets.

 

[wet hull]

Its beyond me to be homeless in the desert. Sleep in a tent with a low of 110 deg or sleep next to the beach in Cali somewhere. The meth bust be top shelf

 

[Bigbore500r]

What’s with the RV encampments as you come into Havasu off the 95? I couldn’t believe the number of motorhomes, some one said these are snowbirds that come and dry camp for 3 months just outside the city?