Electrocuted bear cubs fall from power pole, ignite fire
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Tuesday, July 05, 2016 11:06 PM EDT | Updated: Tuesday, July 05, 2016 11:21 PM EDT
BANNING, Calif. -- Southern California fire officials say a brush fire was ignited when two bear cubs climbed a power pole, were electrocuted by high-voltage lines and their burning bodies fell to the ground.
Riverside County firefighters responded at 1:46 a.m. Tuesday to the blaze in Banning. They stopped the fire's spread at 1 1/2 acres.
The mother bear and another cub were in the area while 63 firefighters worked the blaze, but they were not considered a threat.
State Fish and Wildlife authorities were called to deal with the dead cubs.
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Tuesday, July 05, 2016 11:06 PM EDT | Updated: Tuesday, July 05, 2016 11:21 PM EDT
BANNING, Calif. -- Southern California fire officials say a brush fire was ignited when two bear cubs climbed a power pole, were electrocuted by high-voltage lines and their burning bodies fell to the ground.
Riverside County firefighters responded at 1:46 a.m. Tuesday to the blaze in Banning. They stopped the fire's spread at 1 1/2 acres.
The mother bear and another cub were in the area while 63 firefighters worked the blaze, but they were not considered a threat.
State Fish and Wildlife authorities were called to deal with the dead cubs.
Electrocuted bear cubs fall from power pole, ignite fire | World | News | Toront
