Golf club spark caused 20-acre fire in California

You have to watch where you swing your golf clubs, particularly when it’s dry outside. Unfortunately, one odd swing created a 20-acre fire in California.

A brush fire started at Arroyo Trabuco Golf Course in Orange County on Tuesday after a golfer’s swing struck a rock and created a spark that ignited the blaze, according to KNBC-TV. Fire crews came to the scene of the fire, which did its damage in a 90-minute stretch. A total of 140 firefighters and three helicopters combined to control the fire.

Orange County fire officials said the fire spread, in part, because of the sloping topography of the golf course.

Fortunately, no one was injured and no structure was damaged in the fire.

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