Thursday, August 30, 2007

Copper Thief Caught Fire

It seems that scrap metal thieves may need some sort of certification before attempting to strip abandoned buildings for copper:

Officers were alerted to the incident at the old H. Koch & Sons building in the 5400 block of East La Palma Avenue by someone in the vicinity. When they arrived, they found the man on the ground, afire.

That's what you get for cutting into a live wire without insulating yourself, not grounding the cable, or not even trying to shut off the power.

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