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A forklift crossing Mullowney Lane snagged wires and brought down three power poles Friday morning, knocking out power to some residents and businesses in the area. At least one traffic ...
In the first moments of the Maui fires, when high winds brought down power poles, slapping electrified wires to the dry grass below, there was a reason the flames erupted all at once in long, neat ...
Bare electrical wire and leaning poles on Maui were possible cause of deadly fires Many power poles on Maui were built to “an obsolete 1960s standard,” were leaning and near the end of their ...
Broken power pole and downed wires caused largest fire in Texas history, investigator says The Smokehouse Creek fire has burned more than 1 million acres in the Texas Panhandle and was 87% ...
Linemen work on poles Aug. 13, in Lahaina, following deadly fires that caused heavy damage days earlier. When the winds of Hurricane Dora lashed Maui Aug. 8, they struck bare electrical lines the ...
Compounding the problem is that many of the utility’s 60,000, mostly wooden power poles, which its own documents described as built to “an obsolete 1960s standard,” were leaning and near the ...
In the first moments of the Maui fires, when high winds brought down power poles, slapping electrified wires to the dry grass below, there was a reason the flames erupted all at once in long, neat ...
Copper thieves have been targeting power poles throughout the rural areas of Lawrence County by cutting the ground wires to get to the copper wires inside. They've been ripping off between 5 feet ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - A power pole fell Thursday morning, bringing down wires and blocking a portion of South Park road in Charleston. Kanawha County dispatchers tells WSAZ.com one vehicle ...
Compounding the problem is that many of the utility’s 60,000, mostly wooden power poles, which its documents described as built to “an obsolete 1960s standard,” were leaning and near the end ...