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		ethanwillis on Sept 17, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: This electrical transmission tower has a problem The reason it "some sparks" caused such huge destruction is because PG&E was also not maintaining the brush underneath their towers. All they were doing was literally fanning the flames by flying over it with a helicopter.

NavinF on Sept 17, 2020 [–]

> literally fanning the flames by flying over it with a helicopter.

That's a hilarious image, but I doubt that literally happened

ethanwillis on Sept 17, 2020 | [–]

It was just a little flare to add to the comment :) But I guess a lot of people took that part far more seriously than the first part.

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