Ghost
town all fired up
REDDING (AP) — The last five buildings in a
California ghost town have burned to the ground.
The buildings in Gas Point, in southwestern Shasta
County, were engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived early Tuesday.
Investigators don’t know what caused the fire.
The area was settled in the 1850s and for a short time
was called Janesville. The town of Gas Point, long since abandoned, included a
saloon, post office, feed store, hotel and general store.
It was reached by an old steel trestle bridge about 10 miles
east of Interstate 5.