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lemmy.zip

Does Pipeline refer to an area or is it an oil pipeline fire?

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The name refers to the area/trail, but its called that due to the gas pipeline that runs through it. To my knowledge, none of that infrastructure actually caught on fire, but it was certainly a risk! The smoke was all from a very dry forest that lit up like a tinderbox. It was accidentally started by an unhoused man living in the surrounding woods while trying to burn toilet paper.. Since the wind speed was high that day, it spread very quickly. I watched the fire climb from the base of that peak to the top in like 30 minutes.

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lemmy.world

Kind of looks like the mount saint Helen's eruption...

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Funny you say that. I'm currently living closer to Mount Rainier, and its top 3 in the US for eruption potential. It also looks exactly like Mount Saint Helens did before it went sideways..

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