Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Cell Towers on School Grounds Can (and Do) Fall Over!

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Cell phone tower collapses in Wellesley
By Elana Zak/GateHouse News Service   GateHouse News Service   Posted Jan 24, 2009 @ 12:32 AM
WELLESLEY — (Mass.)
A cell phone tower collapsed right off Route 9 eastbound early this afternoon, after a fire started underneath the tower while welders were working on it.

The fire burned for about 20 to 25 minutes, said Wellesley Police Sgt. Glen Gerrans. The tower collapsed before firefighters, who were waiting for power to be cut, could begin putting out the fire. No one was hurt, according to Gerrans.

“Underneath [the base of the tower] are electronic boxes that contain switching equipment and so forth,” Gerrans said, pointing to the still smoking tower, “and the workmen were working on that part underneath the actual cell phone tower itself using welding equipment and that’s what started the fire.”


Read more: http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/news/x1278516165/Cell-phone-tower-collapses-in-Wellesley#ixzz1qMYMX6Pe





Cell phone tower fire burns itself out

Published: Tuesday, July 24, 2007, 10:56 AM     Updated: Wednesday, July 25, 2007, 7:50 AM   By Steve Pepple

A cell phone tower on the property of the Howell High School complex on Highlander Way in Howell caught fire and forced the evacuation of several buildings and closure of the middle school because firefighters feared it would fall.

 Howell Fire dispatcher Barb Souchick said the fire, which started at about 9 a.m., burned iself out by about 10 a.m. She said firefighters had to let the fire burn because the tower was too tall to hit with water from hoses.

Howell Fire Chief James Reed said he believes a contractor working with a torch at the base of the tower may have set it on fire, and that the entire interior of the tower burned.

He said the tower served AT&T, Sprint, and carried the Internet connections for five Howell schools, but did not know which schools were affected.

Read more here:  http://blog.mlive.com/annarbornews/2007/07/updated_cell_phone_tower_fire.html



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