The Anderson Fire Protection District totaled a water tender Wednesday night en route to a wildfire in the Igo-Ono area, the agency said Thursday morning. Fire Captain Steve Lowe confirmed the water tender belonged to Anderson.
Fire Captain Steve Lowe confirmed the water tender belonged to Anderson. The California Highway Patrol reported the vehicle rolled over in the area of Gas Point and Black Pine roads, where Gas Point turns north toward a few miles south of the Northern California Veterans Cemetery.
The water tender was en route to assist fighting the Fiddler Fire, which burned 11 acres Wednesday evening near Fiddlers Road and Straight Arrow Road, southwest of Ono.
CHP Officer Jason Morton said the driver may have been going too fast - about 45 mph in an area with a suggested speed of less than half of that. The water tender also crashed through a barbed wire fence and damaged about 60 feet of the wire, Morton said.