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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Fresno Fire is investigating a 2nd occurrence connected Highway 180, on the Peach Avenue off-ramp.
Monday night, astir 7 p.m., they recovered a body connected the westbound side. The occurrence department, on with the California Highway Patrol, is moving to find the origin of the occurrence and the person's death.
On Tuesday morning, they responded to a 2nd fire, but connected the eastbound side. Right now, some fires are inactive nether investigation, and there's nary grounds that connects the two.
As temperatures proceed to soar successful the valley, Caltrans is monitoring imaginable occurrence hazards.
"Vegetation, we'll spell up and nonstop our landscaping crews and execute manual labor, whether it beryllium weed abatement oregon histrion trimming. That needs to beryllium done wrong the area. That mode we tin trim these imaginable hazards," said Caltrans Spokesperson Alex Aguilera.
In caller years, they've utilized caller exertion to assistance successful unsafe areas.
"We've been incorporating these robo mowers, which are manned by 1 idiosyncratic utilizing a distant control. We effort to usage these mowers successful areas that are hard to entree connected ft and destruct the hazard of having to enactment workers successful the country of speeding traffic," Aguilera said.
Another mode they're moving to forestall fires successful Fresno is the State Route 41 Safety Improvement Project. You whitethorn person seen the reddish pathway spanning on the road from Divisadero Street to Friant Road. Aguilera says the $10 cardinal task will reduce the usage of pesticides needed to termination the weeds increasing on the 41.
"Whether it beryllium a conveyance traveling by connected the roadway, dragging chains, oregon immoderate different occurrence hazards successful the area, erstwhile they are overgrown, they tin drawback fire," helium explained.
Drivers tin expect the Highway 41 task to beryllium implicit by August.
