Drilling rig clips powerline, sparks grassfire

Rocky Mountain Power worker repairs a live wire, clipped by a drilling rig in Ammon.

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Story Published: Oct 24, 2008 at 7:40 PM MST

Story Updated: Dec 18, 2008 at 2:58 PM MST

By Todd Kunz

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AMMON - A small grassfire and a very localized power outage Friday afternoon in Ammon.

A drillling rig clipped the powerline to a house. The "hot" line then sparked a small grassfire at the bottom of the pole, but that was quickly put out.

Bonneville County deputies were there to direct traffic and it wasn't too long before Rocky Mountain Power crews showed up to fix the line.

No one was hurt and power was turned back on.

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