18-vehicle accident caused by smoke from vegetation fire

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In southern Missouri on Monday a farmer was burning some trash when the fire escaped and burned a field. Smoke from the wildfire compromised visibility on the nearby US Highway 60 eight miles east of Dexter. Chain reaction accidents occurred involving 18 vehicles, resulting in about 26 being injured. (Correction: an early report about the accident said one person was killed, but apparently that was incorrect.)

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Here is a list of the vehicles and the people that were injured.

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Wildland fire has been a major part of Bill Gabbert’s life for several decades. After growing up in the south, he migrated to southern California where he lived for 20 years, working as a wildland firefighter. Later he took his affinity for firefighting to Indiana and eventually the Black Hills of South Dakota where he was the Fire Management Officer for a group of seven national parks. Today he is the creator and owner of WildfireToday.com and Sagacity Wildfire Services and serves as an expert witness in wildland fire. If you are interested in wildland fire, welcome… grab a cup of coffee and put your feet up. Google+

3 thoughts on “18-vehicle accident caused by smoke from vegetation fire”

  1. It does not appear that there were any fatalities in this accident. There were people entrapped who had to be cut out/extricated from their vehicles and four were medivaced from the scene. For those not familiar with the Bootheel, the only hills once east of Dexter are the highway and railroad overpasses.

  2. I recall the last time I drove through MO seeking a lot of “Do not Drive Into Smoke” signs and being puzzled at that. Guess this is why those signs exist, although I might have thought it would be self evident. I’m glad there wasn’t any loss of life.