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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
Amazing flying is right......right over a fire and close to power cables(or at least they look like power cables).....the pilot deserves a medal!
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Yes, they are power cables ... and only about 150m from where I live ... I was lucky 'cause the wind was from the NE, blowing the smoke and the flames away from me ... the crane operator was a smart lad; before the fire got too intense he pointed the boom into the wind and crawled 65m to the end. Temp was in the minus 20s. Amazingly, no one was badly hurt. The crane operator had only minor injuries. The crane is still standing, barely ... engineers are trying to figure out how to get it down without its crashing on residential buildings ... it is a residential area. But there is a chance that it will come down on its own. Kingston police have the area blocked off ... as soon as I can get close I'll try to get more pics of the damage.