By Daniel Schwartz, TME

On Tuesday, September 8 at around 1:59 p.m., a fire broke out on the corner of Mt. Pinos Way and Walnut Trail in Frazier Park.

This reporter arrived at 2:12 p.m. and observed a car burning on Mt. Pinos Way. It was windy and the fire spread from the truck to a tree at the property on the corner of Mt. Pinos Way and Walnut Trail. There were three or four loud explosions, all of which appeared to be coming from the vehicle.

A man on the scene named Daniel V said that he was driving behind a truck on Mt. Pinos Way when he first saw “smog” billowing from the exhaust and a fireball erupted…(please see below to view full stories and photographs)

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Above: The flash point for the mount fire is seen on Mt. Pinos Way before it began spreading and jumped to properties 200 yards away. Right: Firefighters protecting a structure above Walnut Trail.

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