At approximately 7 pm on August 26, 2019, the Team was requested by Mammoth Lakes PD to assist with an evidence search. 3 field teams searched the vicinity of 357 Grindelwald, in the Mammoth Knolls, the location of suspected arson. The field teams completed one pass up and down a steep pumice slope in search of evidence, a reported gasoline can, prior to darkness.
Evidence Search in the brush. Image by J. Bush
The suspected arsonist reported that he went up to the top of the hill to watch the sunrise and left a gas can somewhere along the way. The search was postponed at darkness, and resumed briefly on the morning of August 27, 2019.
No evidence here… Image by J. Bush
Or here. Image by J. Bush
IC: D. Hansen. Ops Leader: Bush. Responders: Quiring, Evans, Knight, Buchanan, Patterson, Godshalk, Wallace, Endo, Cucura, Anderson, Senior