Large Electrical Explosion Live on News

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*UPDATE*
In the comment section, member "tomh1138" claims to have been witness to this. His comments are found below.

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An ice-covered tree limb falling onto a power line. Captured live by WHO TV Channel 13 out of Des Moines, Iowa, on February 25, 2007. The limb fell directly onto the line, causing a series of explosions of the transformers of the grid.

tomh1138's comments -----
This happened in Urbandale, IA. I'm a member of the Urbandale Fire Dept. and was at this scene (just slightly out of camera view) to the right where our fire engine was parked. The guy running and diving in the background was also on the engine with me. We initially were called out on a report of a tree on fire.
When we first arrived on scene, we had parked almost directly under where the power lines were. Our dispatch information did not mention anything about problems with the power lines. Once we saw how close the branch was to the power lines, we moved back to a safe distance. About 5 minutes later, the branch fell and then you see what happens in the video.
It was pure luck that the camera crew was there at the time they were. The "explosion" was pretty intense. You could feel the vibration from it in the ground over 50 ft. away.

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  • YYYYYYYYYYYyyyEEE!

    YYYYYYYYYYYyyyEEE!

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  • my dad recorded ...

    my dad recorded this.i swear to god.he works for CHANNEl 13 in des moines IA.

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  • lol i like how the ...

    lol i like how the guy yells watch out AFTER the explotion... thats real helpful...

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  • When u said "U can ...

    When u said "U can see something walknig on the powerlibe, like a ghost"

    Go die in a house fire

    U can clearly see a branch from the tree behind the powerline fall on it.

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  • F**k you and ur mom ...

    F**k you and ur mom crackhead

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  • yeesh that was ...

    yeesh

    that was close

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  • yeesh that was ...

    yeesh

    that was close

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  • F**king winter ...

    F**king winter destroys everything.

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  • IF you look above ...

    IF you look above his head you can see something kind of walking on the electricity line before it explodes....maybe a ghooost!!??? lol

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  • Fake it is so fake ...

    Fake it is so fake look you can see the spark is fake on 0:19

    By 001482 [Affiliate User] 1205394867 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Holy CRAP! I will ...

    Holy CRAP! I will never be comfortable standing near a high voltage power line again.

    By 001482 [Affiliate User] 1205394743 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • is it because your ...

    is it because your so fat?

    By 001482 [Affiliate User] 1205394730 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Holy CRAP! I will ...

    Holy CRAP! I will never be comfortable standing near a high voltage power line again.

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  • well, alot of ...

    well, alot of people call em hydro lines, I don't call em electrical wires because it's just a pain in the ass, and besides, where I am, I'm supplied by a hydro electric generating plant. It's about 2.5 hours away and it's called Niagra Falls.

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  • What the hell is a ...

    What the hell is a hydro line? hydro = water jackass!

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