Grand Prairie, Texas, Power Line Fire

[MrLehnerd]

are squrriel did it (excuse me spellin) and old nest they ground smoke meat.....

[flanksteak2]

Yummm boy! Ion-Fried eagle eggs!

[hikoukizuki]

short fire?

[ariel21022]

meeeeeeee qui loco cara...

[mikederkonig]

What street was this on?

[MfarsSqd29]

Was that the fire I hear burning or was someone cooking Bacon?

[marktagum2008]

cool.... not by water

[rhinomantis88]

COOL!

[ffjsb]

The fire engine and cop should've NEVER parked under the wires. If they drop they would've landed right on their vehicles.

[TheMrBlinx]

In Japan, they have teams of workers that go out and do nothing else but remove bird nests from electrical stuff. We need those here.

[tvfan103]

Good thing I live in Arkansas, but too bad I'll be moving down to Texas in two years. :(

[Ss1mega]

Did your power go out that day? I ask since I use to work for the company Oncor. If it did how long? Curious cause I use to talk to firemen and police officers about poles on fire. So I needed to call the Dist Center and get a tech out there. Sometimes there would be a delay since a tech was several miles away and would need to leave the job he was working.

[DallasMusketeer]

@Ss1mega actually no, I live in an apartment complex, and as far as I know, it didn't effect anyone's electric.

[PanchoTadura]

@TheCravers3 xD

[SuperDeadNoob]

thats how an REAL man makes his chicken wings

[zczxvzcv]

no power :-0

[VideoGuy84]

Stupid birds, serves 'em right for building nests in dumb spots.

[MrGUESS79]

dont be stupid... get marshmallows.

[thesideboobgodfather]

chuck norris tried to steal cabel

[Ultrajuiced]

@thesideboobgodfather: Chuck Norris never steals cables. If he needs a cable he simply acts as the cable. :P

[1serviceman1]

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[1serviceman1]

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[emanuel564able]

omg looks like lava poop and a fart :D

[RazorRabidz]

LOL GO AHEAD SPARY WATER ON IT! :-D

[ProChoiceJesus]

Interesting...I would've thought Fire trucks would have a chemical spray capable of spraying that far to put out electrical fires at a distance such as this. I was also expecting to see the pole burn in half.

[5765319]

очень хорошо! офигенно!!!

[bilyisbored92]

I like that sound.

[MrPoppify]

@bilyisbored92 water splash?

[Sreewtyui]

Thats some fire up there, Yep gotta be them firebirds we all heard about,, Yep

[DallasMusketeer]

Yes, it was some kind of birds nest ( not a bird expert so I don't know what kind ) that was on fire along with the wooden pole that is tar soaked. Yes an arc started the fire during a storm.  Never expected that this video would have so many views. I just put it on here so that a couple of people I know could see it. As, you can tell this was a few years ago and there is no longer a nest on the new pole that was put in to replace the one in the video.

[TheFirstLiquidVideos]

@DallasMusketeer Phoenix nest DUH

[iToasterman]

@DallasMusketeer D:

[DallasMusketeer]

This is at the East side of the Sunridge apartment complex. That is on Corn Valley Road pretty close to Pioneer Pkwy. and across the street from the Kroger grocery store in that same area. The video was actually taken with a Kodak EasyShare Z740 camera. It takes both pictures and video (5.0 megapixle, 10x optical zoom, 45.5mm to 55mm lens adapter) = Nothing professional, new or special. I am the owner of the video so I know

[evilr32]

I'm going to guess someone shot it :P

[BASTERDS11]

film.xclan.ru

[axel77449]

ass

[st3reo23]

dammit, who used the nvidia 480 again!?

[rojblake82]

Anybody if they were on the burning power lines, would get killed and fried to toast that is a fact not a supposition.

[ppage27]

now there's ur problem

[daviddevall]

tie ob'&^ to it

[Hardcoreproduktions]

Marshmellows

[Koaslice191]

OOO! Fried squab!

[NJPurling]

WTF nested on top of there?

I hope its ass got fried when the rain made the transformer arc.

[Raferek26]

Firefighters with water + power = WOOW xD

[mrmatt2525able]

looks good to me

[OnnomonnomonnO]

we wanna bzzzzt :PPP

[nmgt1048]

I've seen bird nests on power poles in Brooklyn NY that did'nt burn up like this, mainly because it wasn't raining and the voltage was only 4kv.

[arg52192]

Why does this stuff always happen here in texas.

[EBproduction1]

@arg52192

because texas is full of stupid people.

[sorh]

cmon guys.. how can you dislike this video??

[VooDooAssassin2]

@sorh they where the ones with out power.

[Serpico261]

just beautiful

[theAngelofhevn]

"Mom,We got again a Bird Terrorist"

[Indyrail]

So the formula for using yellow emergency tape is to calculate the actual area needed for safe management and then multiply by the area of a small European country.

[KanaMari]

When you have a brother in the fire department this kind of thing seems a lot more scary.

[sleepib]

i wouldn't be surprised if this was the result of some idiot squirrel frying it's self.

[lilkinney2q]

i live there o;

[kamratframjandet]

That was someones home!

[junkdeal]

I think it is a bird nest. In Chicago, the Carolina Parakeets that run wild the last 20 years after escaping somewhere and multiplying, build giant communal nests that look like this. They have caught fire, too! Exploding transformers wouldn't normally make a rat's-nest like that, because the wire is wrapped around a laminated core that would restrain it somewhat.

[00andJoe]

@junkdeal Monk Parakeets, aka Quaker Parakeets. Carolina Parakeets are the native ones that became extinct in the late 19th century.

[1996emobabe]

@00andJoe Boy, I stand corrected! I was kinda thinking when I posted this that the Carolina part was wrong, and I couldn't remember the correct name. Do you know the story of how they came to Chicago?

[00andJoe]

@1996emobabe Well, the Monk Parakeets were kept as pets by lots of people, and some people are irresponsible and turn them loose when they don't want them anymore. Other places (not sure if IL is one of them) actually have it illegal to own them, because if they escaped they could become agricultural pests - and so illegal bird dealers imported them, then turned them loose to avoid being "caught red-handed" with them. And thus, Monk Parakeets have become established in lots of US cities.

[RODALCO2007]

Burnt out to destruction

[VanBelag]

Fried chicken anyone lol ?

[Mellow888Mood]

you: this looks like a job for the firemen

me: they cant spray water over it if there's electricity involved

you: then what do they do?

me: they just wait and put a ribbon around it.

you: why arnt they calling the electric compagny?

me: beats me

[TomatoKetchup5724]

HOLY SHIT, i was walking my dogs in my field and i spotted a metal pole and pretended it was a javelin. so i threw it in the air (totally forgetting about the power lines) and BAAAAM! HUGE sparks and a blast......the metal pole had holes melted into it and the wooden stub at the end was on fire. i shat my pants.

[porkythepig007]

That's so cool. Makes me want to roast a hotdog!

[ShadowZone1996]

the egg is probably extra crispy!

[MW2410]

fingers up if you live in GP :)

[jorno1994]

it seems like fried electronics through the neighborhood :p

[asphixmx]

I kow well Grand Praire... in wich street was this?

[spamdude060]

If there are eggs in the nest, I think it's crispy by now!

[UNDERGROUNDxMUSIC]

Somebody smell cooked eggs???

[pivotmastex]

birds are EVIL o.O

[carpetmonk]

big freakin birds nest.. must have been bald eagles.. (thats a joke retards) stop smoking in the nest.. maybe the rain finally shorted the materiel between transformer posts?

[nacomamila]

I HOP THEY GOT INSURANCE, ' THE BIRDS"

[s817263s]

extinguish that with water !!!

[UNDERGROUNDxMUSIC]

@s817263s lol I was thinking "good idea" at first.

[mathias921]

This only happens in Capitalist America,

since it's to expensive for the birds moving in a house.

[Riot454di]

I let this happen

[JacksonJoinvilleSC]

Loko é o caminhão dos bombeiros de lá, aqui no Brasil é só aqueles caçambão podre adaptado.

[anthonyigg]

I saw something like that but it was only sparking

[DankHydroBudz]

the bird is responisble for the cause of this fire! 4 baby birds wee killed during this video due to suffication and 1st degree burns

[Peon546]

is the wood ok?

[Nevvklear]

Chuck Norris leaves his Cigarette there again!!

[TheRonsta097]

those poor birds...there mother told them smoking was bad -.-

[B1r6m4n]

Did the top of the pole eventually break off???

[element291]

fried eggs anyone?

[GandaraVideos]

@element291 i do. i do.

[PanchoTadura]

@element291 LOLOL

[generator5500w]

@element291 yep i want eat eggs

[VladiSSius]

@element291 yep !

[MillyVanillification]

Cables must be dug deep into the ground.

[MrDrNo1]

On my street a line got struck by lightning and when they were fixing it the transformer exploded and killed 2 workers

[GunsOfThePhoenix]

Electric BBQ?

[pspsrule83]

this happend on my street once. this guys car was underneath the pole and hes like " o shit my car" and he almost died when he went to go get it

[mudkrab]

well at least its raining

[eh777]

Complete the sentence below:

Holy....

[buttwonderskins]

fire marshal bill would know a way to put it out

[shadow0mega]

did anyone bring marshmellows?

[tymanfity]

Honey The phone lines r on fire

[mrjulian9o9]

quick get some marshmellows and a yard stick ^.^

[vonFisch]

I hope the bird is ok

[chicksdigsme]

umm umm lets jump there & make some BBQ chicken

[Johnsixxisthebeast]

lololololololololololololololo­lolololololololololol

[olekolek1000]

They want to cook sausages on the fire

[JLOKEY72]

they told me not to fire that modle rocket wraped in foil while it was raining sorry

didnt think it would have gone that fare

[bordersoldier]

thank god for lineman so the fireman can have a hero too

[bplayer47]

transformer blowout. Gonna need some long marshmallow sticks

[bnsf4]

Chuck Norris just flushed his toilet!

[HarvestmanMan]

@bnsf4 ...so it went into the power line?

[216stitchdanger]

3 pot bank? MrSidMan, overhead high-voltage devices are filled with mineral oil, flammable, so yeah that was a factor to the continued burning. The oil acted as fuel for the fire.

[SeberHusky]

How would you like your eggs this morning? Well-done with just a hint of ozone? lol

[99dustball]

Thumbs up if raywilliamjohnson did not get you here....

[Mpower406]

Water + Electric = DIE! Go go go ale ale aleeeeeeeeeeeee :D

[MrSidMan]

The oil inside the transformers must have caught on fire as well. ?

[plateshutoverlock]

Looks like how my brain feels right now

[HappyDiscoDeath]

@plateshutoverlock duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude...

[fingerspies]

The lightening caught the nest on fire... What did it do just walk in on it?? or had it had a survailance team watching?

[Orangreo]

It's the transformers that are actually burning. The smoke is from the oil and copper windings burning inside. Trust me I'm a Linesman, Lol.

[newkyle1]

thye got shitt power lines in texas it wood the ones in england are pure metal

[SouthwesternEagle]

@newkyle1 All of our telephone poles in Texas are wooden.

[merlinchanelle]

Breath breath in the air don't be afraid....

[lewandlo]

I smell chicken cooking. Get the forks boys it`s about supper time.

[Sreewtyui]

Birds have house fires too

[912aba]

@Sreewtyui now they're angry birds ahahahahaah

[RetroCaptain]

@Sreewtyui What they do here is put a platform on the top of pole so the nest wont touch

the wires (or the bird).

[DemonicMonkey88]

@Sreewtyui MAYBE THEIR ARE BIRD FIREMAN!!!!! YOU LNOW WEARING LITTLE FIREMAN SUITS AND PUTTING OUT BIRD FIRES!!!!!

[spinjector]

Nice bird nest. Anyone want some BBQ chicken? And poached eggs? Might be a little well done....

[UltraMankiller]

hmmmm whats the problem honey? Ummmm i dont know i think it spontaneously combusted

[supramanz]

smoke doesn't get much blacker than that

[IslandLifePete]

sounds like my mom burning dinner hahaha

[winkhvac]

Here in connecticut we got the same problem in the cost line

There are allover

[kormannn1]

птицы гавнючят!или там кидали люди предметы.,что уже пожар начался!

[santasia14]

Good old Grand Prairie... I can't wait to move.

[Liveontube]

Hold this f.cking camera

[metallicaraul]

honey i think you left the grill on

[G0IFI]

You would think with today's computerised infrastructure it would take less than a minute for a fire crew to contact and inform the power company of a problem and have them isolate it. The fire service probably have the same problems we all get when phoning utility companies: "You now have 4 choices. If you have a query about your bill, press 1. To report a power outage, press 2"..blah blah blah..cheesy music.....

[9123halo]

i feal bad for who ever lost the tv cable

[jmkord]

Is that a bird's nest on top of the capacitor rack?

[flakmonkey47]

@jmkord: Looks like it.

[Skifan180]

@jmkord what you are seeing is not a birds nest. when wire gets super hot the strands expand and burst into, for lack of a better term, frayed strands of hot copper. normally only happens when you get a short but fire will do it too lol

[TomatoKetchup5724]

@jmkord poached egg anyone??

[bluegrass1dcr1]

YUMMM Sound like bacon frying.

[fhqwghads]

@bluegrass1dcr1 Pretty damn close. Those things are filled with mineral oil. Hot fire + mineral oil + rain water = sizzling and popping hot oil. Oh yeah, and lots of tasty black smoke.

[231johnjohnson]

see what happens if you accidently spray gasoline on power lines and then lit it on fire?

[troyes2010]

this is why we dont smoke on powerlines.

[navasotaboy711]

Baha! I wonder what there electric bill is going to look like?

[nsmcastillo326]

What street was this on?

[Paramedic18791]

Due to the rules of VDE (The german association for electrotechnics)

It's the SAFE distrance.

It's taught to us at the firefighting school.

And if you think that:

NO the German people aren't silly

[Paramedic18791]

the fire can be put out via hose...

But keep at least 5 metres away due to water is conductive.

[coolsax64]

@Paramedic18791 Risk little to save little. Let it burn its self out. We always called the power company first and have them secure it .

[combatwombat71]

Good! Great to see. Lack of maintenance costs the power company money :-) Here I am suffering terrible radio interference from an arcing power pole, that the company will do nothing about claiming it's 'not their problem'. Would be nice if the same happened to this pole here.

[Fatblob6]

OMGWTFBBQ

[mandowarrior123]

you can see what caused it, bird makes nest to close to live , begins to rain, nest becomes conductive zap no more birds nest

[SWEJEHTKCUF]

there is a birds nest up there and a big one too. 

[waymuu]

spray that with a rubber hose

[dickiesmon]

Hurray, raining death!

[adamosification]

You bloody idiot!

How do you want to put out a oil fire with water?????

[Ac1DGoD]

So the fire dept shows up to stand there looking at it and do nothing but think "hmmm lets let it burn until it appears to be big enough to be worth my time to come all the way out here to even think of putting it out, and if it doesn't get big enough then fuck if I care the whole pole burns down falls in someones back yard kills Billy and smashes Rover the family dogs back legs and the neighborhood loses all their power.... lol bring that shit on"

[SVDShooter]

@Ac1DGoD It's raining lol.

[Ac1DGoD]

@SVDShooter oh raining...lol pleeze excuse my ridiculous imagination- I didn't really think he thought about thinking of letting all that happen -the thought I thought I thought he'd think... wasn't really the thought I think I think he'd thought.

[js207802]

@Ac1DGoD What are you a complete MORON! You can't fight an electrical fire with water! You stupid idiot

[Ac1DGoD]

@js207802 Not quite a complete one (you have to go through a shitload of misfortune training in college to graduate to complete) I right now am not in training for that adjective attached to my moronism but don't mind the upgrade, Idiotism is a different department in that school in which stupid is in reference to. By the way I didn't say anything about putting any electrical fire out with water- before you hurl those kinds of complements my way get your facts straight.

[Ac1DGoD]

@js207802 quite Hippocritical of you to be enforcing a lame assumption toward me (probably based on a lack of knowledge) like it's a fact with adjectives like that. yea maybe 20 years ago all firemen had to put fires out with was water but get with the times man- now they got co2, foam, dry chemical, ect ect ontop of methods that cut air from getting there.

[js207802]

@Ac1DGoD: I work on three fire departments for you information. I am a FF2 and I am a volunteer. You are right there is other ways to put it out. However protocol on all the depts I work for is to monitor until Utility Company shuts down the live wires.

[MegaDontforgetthis]

i see a birds nest

[guerrero995]

hey i live on hawthorne

[ljmike1204]

uhm yes its on fire and looks like it exploded the copper wire is showing to damn

[cooltornadocach]

1:59 actually

[cooltornadocach]

was that guy trying to shoot a power line down or sumthing at 2:00

[jordanhaymond]

@cooltornadocach no its a cutout switch which is a pressurerized spring which explodes when fault current goes through it.

[euch27]

What is that still black stuff around the sides?

[animalpolice]

Are there still powerlines above the ground in the USA? wtf.

[mrfourtysevenman]

texas: where the FUCK is my power

california: do you know how bad that is for the environment?!?!???!!!

detroit: GRAB THE MARSHMALLOWS!!!

[dropouts]

Thats Grand Prairie city works for ya