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KFI AM 640 : Tower Falls!
It saddens me to report that a single point failure caused the new KFI tower to fall this afternoon around 2:00PM. Two levels of guys were in place. The third level guys were slowly being brought into place, in unison, when the failure occurred. The tower was just under 300' at the time.
Nobody was on the tower during this phase of the installation and only one person was hurt when the North/East guy structure gave away. There was some minor damage to a couple of trailers and the top 8' of the gin pole came through a warehouse roof. Other than that, there is just a bundle of steel and ceramic in the parking lot with some damage to the enclosure wall and fence.
To follow are a few pictures of the fallen tower.
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Tower coming down.
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Failed elevated guy anchor.
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Base insulator.
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Base insulator.
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288'(#3)guy and top of tower w/gin pole.
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Top of gin pole in warehouse.
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Hole in warehouse roof.
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ROOSTER!
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Right side of threads (looking south).
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Bottom of threads (looking up).
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Left side of threads (looking north).
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Standback looking towards South/West towards tower (now down).
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Minor damage to trailers.
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