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Fish Starts Fire

Fish starts fire
From the Wildfire Today site, Posted on June 14, 2013 by Bill Gabbert

Fire investigators and workers at the Grand Electric Company in Bison, South Dakota concluded that one or more fish started the Shadehill fire that began at the base of a power pole in the Fall of 2012. Well, indirectly anyway. After examining the remains of broiled fish lying across a transformer bushing, an arrestor, and other hardware on the pole, the best theory they could come up with was that a bird, a raptor, carried the fish to the pole and dropped one of them which started a phase to phase ground.

posted on June 16, 2013 9:15 PM ()

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Wonders never cease

comment by kevinshere on June 18, 2013 1:03 AM ()

To prevent such fires, grills for birds should be provided. And picnic tables.

comment by drmaus on June 17, 2013 11:20 AM ()

Hey the bird just wanted to do some outdoor grilling--he doesn't like raw fish--what's wrong with that?

comment by greatmartin on June 17, 2013 7:49 AM ()

What's wrong with it? Maybe that wildfires are dangerous and can get out of hand.

reply by traveltales on June 17, 2013 8:55 AM ()

Sounds like some kind of travel directive: from Raptor to Bushing, then turn left...

comment by steeve on June 17, 2013 7:36 AM ()

We could all use some direction in life. If we have a mysterious fire around here, I say cherchez la Bucky the Beaver.

reply by traveltales on June 17, 2013 8:52 AM ()

I suspect that the cause of my garage fire a few years back was just as bizarre. The cause was never determined.

comment by jjoohhnn on June 17, 2013 6:34 AM ()

There was a garage fire in Las Vegas and the theory was that in the course of nailing up paneling, the tip of a nail slightly punctured the insulation on an electrical wire, eventually leading to a short that could cause the fire. I'd send that in to Mythbusters but can't find the news item about it.

reply by traveltales on June 17, 2013 8:55 AM ()

This is truly remarkable....a clumsy bird????

comment by elderjane on June 17, 2013 5:44 AM ()

Butterfingers the Bird. We haven't seen the osprey this year, but he'll probably come around and carry off some of our fish.

reply by traveltales on June 17, 2013 8:39 AM ()

They shouldn't be blaming the poor fish. It was the clutsy raptor that dropped it in the first place.