Spate of pole top fires in San Antonio, Texas
4/13/2022 12:00:00 AM
CATEGORIES:
Energy
Fire
AFFECTED AREAS:
San Antonio, TX
Start Date: 3/7/2022
- End Date: 4/12/2022
Since early March, about 100 pole top fires have occurred in San Antonio. The problem happens when rain has not fallen for a while and allowed dust and dirt to build up on insulators. The moisture eventually returns, allows the material to conduct electricity , which can spark a fire.
Two such fires caused power outages on April 12.
San Antonio Express News (Texas), April 12, 2022
Nearly 30 electrical poles in San Antonio caught fire on the morning of March 21. After some dry weather that allowed dust to build up on poles and lines, the area received some light rain, causing some arching and pole top fires that brought down lines or caused transformers to blow. Up to 14,000 customers were without power.
KSAT-TV ABC 12 San Antonio (Texas), March 21, 2022
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