Jack in th Box Fire

Описание: Fire was called out on a fire at the Jack in the Box on Industrial
Blve in Martel around 5:30AM this moriing.

Jackson Fire, CalFire, Sutter Creek Fire, Ione Fire, and Amador Fire
Protection all responded to the incident.

At times the smoke from the fire made it imposible to see at the
intersection of Hwy 49 and Industrial Road. There is also an
indication that the smoke may have been the cause of a minor accident
in that ares. Local Police and CHP eventually shut down that section
of the highway for safety reasons.

The Jack in the Box fire raged on for hours as firefighters had a
difficult time extinguishing the blaze. At one point firefighters
were told to retreat from their roof postitions as fire command was
concerned about the integrity of the structure due to the high heat
and pockets of fire in the roof area.

After a long battle fire wrestled control of the fire around 7:30 am
but still had hotspots in the building to contend with.

As a footnote, there was also a traffic accident on Ridge Road, not
too far from the Jack in the Box and it was determinded that it was
the manager for the store trying to get to the incident when he lost
control of his car and struck a poll. He suffered injures in the
accident but they were not life threatning.

Bll Lavallie
Amador Ledger Dispatch