Read the full story here Web Link posted Monday, July 8, 2019, 2:07 PM
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Fires spark near San Francisquito Creek, burning vegetation, transformer
Original post made on Jul 8, 2019
Read the full story here Web Link posted Monday, July 8, 2019, 2:07 PM
Comments (6)
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Jul 8, 2019 at 2:45 pm
3 fires sound suspicious.
Fireworks or powerlines?
Get powerlines underground.
a resident of Palo Verde
on Jul 8, 2019 at 8:17 pm
We were there and saw a part of it unfold, a tent flew into the air and hit the transformers...... the fires around the levee started from sparks created from explosions when the tent hit the wires.....
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Jul 9, 2019 at 6:57 am
Did these cause power outages?
a resident of Fairmeadow
on Jul 9, 2019 at 3:35 pm
Fr0hickey is a registered user.
With most of Palo Alto in a flood zone, is it a wise idea to put power lines underground?
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Jul 10, 2019 at 9:46 am
Posted by Golfer, a resident of Palo Verde
>> We were there and saw a part of it unfold, a tent flew into the air and hit the transformers...... the fires around the levee started from sparks created from explosions when the tent hit the wires.....
Just how windy was it? This sounds like a pretty interesting failure scenario. I've never heard anything quite like it. I wonder why breakers didn't protect the transformer better. Or, perhaps they did. Possibly the aluminum tent stays melted before the breakers tripped and set the tent fabric on fire? Good thing nobody was under the transformer/tent to get sprayed with molten aluminum. I wonder if the wind also caused the power line to go down (tree branch probably?)
I think this story is due an update.
a resident of Palo Verde
on Jul 10, 2019 at 9:52 pm
FYI - There were people under the wires..... it happened almost directly over the new bike path..... also, it wasn't really that windy.....
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