Originally Posted by Mbrock
Originally Posted by Skinny
Originally Posted by 4ssss
They're saying that entire fire started by a metal or mylar balloon hitting a live wire.

Is that even possible? Random crap hit power lines everyday.
I’ve put out several fires that started due to an object making contact with a power line. Pretty common. The only reason I was able to get them out was I happened to be driving by within seconds to minutes of it occurring, and I had my fire rig on the trailer. Otherwise, they could’ve resulted in similar results.

I can see it happening for sure in those dry conditions they are having over there.
When surveying over the last 30 years I am always amazed at the number of party balloons I would find in dang near every patch of forest in the state. One time I found the remnants of the JSU homecoming celebration across the Choccolocco. It was so much trash I called it in.


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