ORIGINAL! Bellingham Carolina & Grant St Tree Fire Explosion 10.03.09

*WE CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR SAFETY AND THE ELECTRIC COMPANY BEFORE WE STARTED FILMING!!!!!*

My husband and I stopped to look at some pallets about a block from our house and my husband heard weird buzzing. The tree across the street was blowing into a high voltage power line and catching on fire. We called the Bellingham FIRE DEPARTMENT about 10 minutes before we started filming- many people called. (Puget Sound Energy was also called) They showed up about 5 minutes after we stopped filming. They missed the big show!

No one got hurt. The power was out for a few hours while the tree was cut down. The family that lived in the house next to the tree evacuated long before we started filming.

What an insane thing to see. Neighbours from 4+ blocks away were coming to see what was going on because they could FEEL and hear the first explosion. Nuts.

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[Jacquee816]

and leo- i'm not white, but nice try at an insult.

[Jacquee816]

read the description before commenting.

[JoeyWillNihalTrio]

Go ahead and skip to 3:58

[DefenderofLindon]

Sap conducts. Charcoal conducts better. Flames conduct better still, but not as good as an electric arc. The current just kept going up as the tree cooked more. Perfect positive feedback loop.

[GusenbauerAffe]

jeeeez that's awesome :D

[BoTMSapper]

God Love that end bit when the switching yard re routes the power back to the same tree... THUMBS UP

[jaholmes01]

Amazing! Did the other half of the tree survive, or did they take the whole thing down?

[BlackVenom Ash]

ahhaha all quiet then all the sudden it starts again,,like OHHH shiTT! hahaha

[DrakoniStudio]

double hit to make sure XD

[arsenalgunnerz]

I dont understand why the fuses didnt pop at the nearest substation??? definitely a fault somewhere along the lines there... unless America's electrical system is different to Australia's.

[wooley1996]

Please donate money to the save a tree organization so we can save these trees from going extinct