When fire officials warn of the dangers of hot pipes in dry grass, they’re generally referring to automobile tailpipes, but it was a different kind of pipe that started a fire in Redding Wednesday night. At around 10:30PM, Redding Fire Department was dispatched to the Nur-Pon Open Space along the Sacramento River south of the Cypress Avenue Bridge. They found a vegetation fire that had burned about one-and-a-half acres. Crews had the fire contained in about 10 minutes. Investigators determined the fire had started from hot drug paraphernalia that had been set down in dry vegetation.
– Steve Gibson