Car fire rescue of man after lightning strike of telephone pole
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Lightning struck the telephone pole, which snapped in half and struck the car. Man was trapped inside until Westborough Fire Department was able to rescue him. The humming that can be heard is the live power lines which were wrapped around the car.
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Added: Jul-22-2012 Occurred On: Jul-22-2012
By: YesImadick
In: Other
Tags: car, fire, rescue, man, lightning, strike, telephone, pole, snapped, half, trapped, humming, live, power, lines
Location: Maine, United States (load item map)
Marked as: approved, repost
Views: 1928 | Comments: 5 | Votes: 1 | Favorites: 0 | Shared: 0 | Updates: 0 | Times used in channels: 1
By: YesImadick
In: Other
Tags: car, fire, rescue, man, lightning, strike, telephone, pole, snapped, half, trapped, humming, live, power, lines
Location: Maine, United States (load item map)
Marked as: approved, repost
Views: 1928 | Comments: 5 | Votes: 1 | Favorites: 0 | Shared: 0 | Updates: 0 | Times used in channels: 1
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Looks like a slightly tricky situation
Posted Jul-22-2012 Byggppgg (899.90) 
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Damn. Hope the dude was ok. Trapped in a burning car with live power lines laying on it. That's a mother fucker of a conundrum.
Posted Jul-22-2012 Bymedainbramaged (518.60) 
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I've seen a down power line in a neighbors yard do that . Scorched the dirt and made it look like blackened glass
Posted Jul-22-2012 ByAiredale (2623.06) 
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God, that poor guy, talk about bad luck! Hope he was okay.
Posted Jul-22-2012 Bycinnebarr (55.64) cinnebarr View Channel Send Message
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Actually *inside* the car was the best place he could be. When struck by lightning (or in a case like this), the car acts like a Faraday Cage:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faraday_cage
Posted Jul-22-2012 ByJcRabbit (37.64) 
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