On July 15th, a truck caught fire on Towne Pass in Death Valley National Park due to overheated brakes, marking the fourth vehicle fire in a year.

On July 15th, a truck caught fire in Death Valley National Park while descending Towne Pass due to overheated brakes. This marks the fourth vehicle fire in the past year on Towne Pass. The driver was uninjured and multiple agencies, including NPS, San Bernardino County Fire, Beatty Fire Service, and the Bureau of Land Management's California Desert District Fire, responded to the incident, with the first engine arriving 90 minutes after the report.

July 19, 2024
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