Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Cell Phone Tower collapses after catching fire

Never Say Never.


June 2010 in Hinton, Iowa.

Explosion of a maintenance building on CPT site (From Sioux City Journal)

Another report of the same site (search for Hinton)



January 2009 in Wellesley, Mass.

From a blog, with links to youtube videos of the tower burning and collapsing.



Other news sources that are copyrighted.

Welding work caused the fire which caused the collapse. See WHDH link for the details.

Another article on the same tower, with video of burning and subsequent collapse. "Welders ran away.." See Wellesley Townsman link.


July 2007 in Hawaii

Middle School evacuated while tower burned


November 2003 in Vermillion, South Dakota

CPT collapsed due to metal fatigue


Tower accidents may be uncommon but cannot be ignored especially with the recent explosion of CPTs. Statistically speaking, we'll see more tower accidents.


Safety of innocent lives can be at stake.

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