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the transmission line is located.
Over the years, the transmission line has been knocked down numerous times by falling trees and branches, but this was one of the rare occasions when a live wire would ignite the vegetation on the ground. Because of the power outage, I couldn’t use any of our cordless telephones. Fortunately, we kept one of the old-fashioned specimens that can operate without an electric outlet. So I called 911, and to my great relief there was a *friendly voice on the other end of the line, reassuring me that the firefighters would be on their way shortly.
We five about 10 miles from the nearest fire station, and therefore the next 20 minutes or so were particularly harrowing. That’s because the flames in the forest were advancing toward our house, and we felt completely helpless since we couldn’t even use the garden hose to wet down the structure
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