Mike,

The point I was trying to make is.... there are plenty of times where something happens at the field and it is not necessary to ground the planes in the air. Obviously, since there was "little damage", everything was under control. The last thing you would want is a mad rush to land planes while people are crossing the runway. I have been in the air many times when people go to pick up the pieces after a crash, the key is for your spotter to inform you that there is someone out there and for the pilot to fly away from that area until the issue is resolved. If the pilot has an emergency (low on fuel, etc.) the spotter can then call out for a safe, unobstructed, landing.

Common sense seems to have worked in this case. All waiver holders are not, nor should they be, responsible to run out and attend to every incident. If you do a search on this and other forums this topic has been discussed ad nauseam. For now, thank you for your great example of how the current system does work very well.

Also, since you mentioned giant scale gas, the implication is you do want to start a dialog there. What difference does it make how a fire was started? FWIW, the last fire I read about was started by a glow helicopter (read about here on RCU).

Mark