Ian Bruseker wrote: >On 6/16/06, simon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Anyone know what caused last night's outage? >> >> >> >http://www.gov.calgary.ab.ca/citybeat/public/2006/06/release.20060615_233632_27216_0 > >To expound on the above based on what I heard on the radio this >morning, a power pole caught fire and fell over, hitting two people >and blocking the C-Train line. That pole apparently either also >carried cable service, or just the loss of power somehow affected Shaw >(that's pretty close to their office on Cemetary Hill), but either way >that's why your cable and internet didn't work last night. :-) > >Ian > > I believe it was a power pole to the c-train that shorted and caught on fire. Apparently two pedestrians (co-workers) were injured by the downed power line. The guy got hit and knocked down by the power line but managed to shield the lady. Both got some burns.
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