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Flaming Hawk With Snake in Its Talons Sparks Fire Near La Jolla
NBC Bay Area ^
| Tuesday, Jun 9, 2015
| R. Stickney
Posted on 06/09/2015 5:58:35 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The cause of an early morning fire north of San Diego was an electrocuted bird falling from an active power line
A bird carrying a snake in its talons struck power lines north of San Diego, sparking a hillside fire just west of The Merge.
San Diego Police arrived to the location on Dunhill Street near the intersection of Interstates 5 and 805 just before 6 a.m.
Flames were burning very close to businesses including the General Atomics building, officials said.
Officers called in San Diego Fire-Rescue crews who contained the fire within an hour.
Fire officials initially told NBC 7 a bird with a snake in its mouth was electrocuted on a power line and fell to the ground, sparking the fire. A photo released by officials later shows the snake in the hawk's grasp.
"A hawk that hit the high voltage power line, caught fire, and fell to the ground," SD Fire-Rescue spokesperson Lee Swanson said in a written release.
There were no structures damaged and no evacuations ordered.
This area of San Diego is home to many companies in the region's biochemical industry.
TOPICS: Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: crispycritters; electricity; fire; hawk; koalaoil; lajolla; molassesmiasma; monkeyfacerules; napl; penguinhumor; powerlines; thefirebird; undeadthread; undeadthreadhere
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To: nickcarraway
To: Slings and Arrows
Wow. This is something else.
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
06/09/2015 6:02:24 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: dfwgator
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posted on
06/09/2015 6:05:48 PM PDT
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: nickcarraway
Flaming Hawk I just can't get away from it. Homosexuals are everywhere.
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posted on
06/09/2015 6:06:45 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(Claire Wolfe should check her watch. It's time.)
To: nickcarraway
Wise Indian once said “Flying Hawk with snake in talons should not make toasted snake sandwich near powerlines.”
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posted on
06/09/2015 6:14:40 PM PDT
by
catbertz
To: dead
I didn’t understand a word that you just said.
To: nickcarraway
Well,there’s something you don’t see everyday.
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posted on
06/09/2015 6:15:43 PM PDT
by
Farmer Dean
(stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
06/09/2015 6:16:12 PM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(Doctrine doesn't change. The trick is to find a way around it.)
To: nickcarraway
That might be the best headline in the history of the universe.
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06/09/2015 6:20:57 PM PDT
by
Skooz
(Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
To: Larry Lucido
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06/09/2015 6:22:38 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a stLikeatement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: nickcarraway
To: nickcarraway; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...
Police have released this sketch of a person of interest in the incident:
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posted on
06/09/2015 6:27:12 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(My music: http://www.hopalongginsberg.com/ | Facebook ID: Hopalong Ginsberg)
To: nickcarraway
I wonder how many folks are reading La Jolla kinda funny
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posted on
06/09/2015 6:28:26 PM PDT
by
al baby
(Hi Mom)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
06/09/2015 6:28:46 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
To: Jeff Chandler
Did the snake survive?Mebbe the hawk thought he had come up with a quick way to cook snake? A couple hits on the power line and crispy snake!
To: nickcarraway
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06/09/2015 6:34:10 PM PDT
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Pajamajan
( Pray for our nation. Thank the Lord for everything you have. Don't wait. Do it today.)
To: ClearCase_guy
How is it that birds land on power lines a lot and don’t cause fires.
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posted on
06/09/2015 6:37:18 PM PDT
by
ully2
To: ully2
They usually don’t complete a circuit. This one apparently did.
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posted on
06/09/2015 6:38:39 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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