British Columbia | A fire triggered by a fish fallen from the sky

A fish fallen from the sky. Consequently. Moreover, released by a raptor and which touched a power line, caused a brush fire last week and a brief electricity failure in British Columbia.

The incident occurred last Thursday near the city of Ashcroft. Similarly, when firefighters from British Columbia are called for a fire in the great outdoors. However,

“A quick investigation made it possible to determine the cause of this fire: a fish. Nevertheless, Yes, you read well: a fish to whom something incredible happened! », Amuses the Ashcroft fire service on his Facebook page.

According to them. a fisherman. a kind of raptor, would have taken hold of its prey in a river 3 km before dropping it in full flight on a power line.

The contact of the fish with the electric wires would then have caused a spark. small embers which would themselves have ignited the brush and dry herbs on the ground.

Another track. speculates the british columbia | fire triggered new british columbia | fire triggered firefighters with humor: the raptor “had enough raw fish and wanted to try the grilled fish”.

Their photos actually show the dead fish on the ground, the carcass burned. The fisherman’s Balbuzard came out unscathed and continued his flight, continue the firefighters.

The absence of wind last week made it possible to quickly control this fire unusual in Western Canada.