[BC] Grass fires and tower loss in California

[Bob Groome]

Again not my tower, I just took the photos. The fire was not a grass 
fire as reported in the news, It started in the ATU Building and 
spread to the grass. The steel frame that held the building (the 
building is totally gone and the matching gear (coils and caps, etc) 
could not be easily found. It will be interesting to see what the 
investigator finds.

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Bob Groome
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--- On Fri, 7/17/09, towers at mre.com <towers at mre.com> wrote:

From: towers at mre.com <towers at mre.com>

I don't believe the tower legs were the failure mode.  I've been through
field fires like this and it's the guying system which often fails.  This
fire is just like the ones we have.  Low burning and swift.