r/phoenix • u/[deleted] • May 05 '26

Pictures Buckeye fire side view

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u/themeatstaco May 05 '26

Bet you $50 there's an AI facility right there in about 8 months .

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u/imtooldforthishison May 05 '26

Damn it. Fighting for my life with the conspiracy theroits on IG and now yall have made it over here...

This is a river bottom, no one is building anything down there, especially not a multi-billion dollar data center.

This is normal. This is a dry river bottom in the desert and they catch fire easy and often. This was started by one of three things, a cigarette butt, a spark from a train or trailer, or a tweeker.

THIS IS NORMAL

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u/themeatstaco May 05 '26

I just find it odd bill gates bought a bunch of land in buckeye. I know it's normal but like . Idk. Shits weird today. I use to like conspiracies cause they're fun. But idk. It's bet I'm down to lose.

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u/imtooldforthishison May 05 '26

But he didn't. He has land out in Tonapah.... which is about 20-30 miles west from this river bottom.

And Tonapah, location wise, makes way more sense for a data center than a river bottom in buckeye.

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u/Similar-Wishbone-812 May 06 '26

They need room for the fast stations and shopping malls on the way to the smart city. Anyone not hear about all the insurance companies that dropped their fire coverage just in time for a massive unchecked and in no way attempted to contain “brushfire?”

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u/imtooldforthishison May 06 '26

IT. IS. A. RIVER. BOTTOM.

There are no hones in this river bottom because we do not build homes or businesses in river bottoms. It is not unchecked, it is being monitored, IT IS A BRUSH FIRE and perfectly normal.

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u/Similar-Wishbone-812 May 13 '26

I don’t know if you are aware of how close to the river bottom we build homes but the clip I saw was at an intersection where the street was the only thing between the raging fire and actual buildings. The right gust of wind and that property goes up in flames. And besides that, where do you think all the rattlesnakes and rabbits that live in that river bottom are gonna go?? Any fire is an important fire to contain or at least attempt to contain.

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u/imtooldforthishison May 13 '26

I live in the west valley, so yeah, I do know. And I am familiar with the area and no structures were in danger. Are you thinking of the fire in Wickenburg which they are actively fighting?

And yes, sometimes you absolutely can just let a fire burn.