Downed Power Lines Start Electrical Fire, Destroy Forest Hills Garage [VIDEO]
Arcing electricity ignited the Western Springs garage and melted its contents causing estimated $60,000 in damage; fire apparently started when dead power lines lying against the garage were re-energized.
Power lines lying against a detached Forest Hills garage, lines that the Western Springs Fire Department previously had confirmed as dead, suddenly roared to life early Thursday morning at about 12:13 a.m., spraying electrical arcs and eventually setting the garage ablaze. Village firefighters battled the blaze for about an hour and a half before ComEd was able to shut down the line just before 2:00 a.m., but not before the flames had scorched the garage interior, including a car, and caused an estimated $60,000 in damage. [See above for video and photos.] The lines appeared to have been knocked onto the garage when lightning from Wednesday night’s fierce flash thunderstorm struck a pole running behind the Bonistalli home on the 4800 block…
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Darren McRoy
2:39 am on Friday, July 20, 2012
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