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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
I didn't even hear about this fire, so thanks for the alert Martin Pal. Is that a palm tree on fire or some kind of construction platform? *
*ok, I just reread the article. It's the construction trash chute. (and I thought it was a palm tree. lol) |
Yes, E_R, I, too, thought it was a palm tree at first! I am in that area for a bit a couple times a month and I decided to walk past there last Monday. Whatever fire happened there a few days prior to that, there was no evidence of it on Monday. The chute was replaced and everything continuing.
So, maybe it wasn't as big a deal as first thought, so you wouldn't have heard about it...but did you hear that a couple weeks earlier (Sept. 5th) Angels Flight had another incident?
LA Times
http://www.latimes.com/angels-flight-derailed.story
"Electrical disruption caused Angels Flight to derail," operator says.
The new Angels Flight's had it's problems. It re-opened in March, 2010 after an accident in 2001 prompted a nine-year closure. It's had some other minor mishaps and now this one. Each one causes further angst about its operation.