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bobd · 10-30-2004, 1:06 AM

I was conducting soccer practice just outside the Rose Bowl tonight and above us a cell site on the light standard in the Rose Bowl stadium was engulfed in flames. It looked like a giant torch. This site is a GSM site for cingular. Too bad since the UCLA/Stanford game is tomorrow expecting 80,000 people. So, so fortunant that this did not happen during the game because large pieces of the site on fire where falling 60 feet down into the stands. Nextel, Verizon and Sprint where not affected, they are on other poles.
Looks like cingular, att, and t-mobile customers got BURNED.

Andy · 10-30-2004, 2:34 AM

You must be kidding...Got any pictures???

~Andy

larry · 10-30-2004, 3:32 AM

Boy I have a hard time believing this. I know exactly where those towers are all located there at the Rose Bowl. I tend to believe him though as he knew which carriers had cell sites there.

Cingular will bring in a few COW's (cell on wheels) I'm sure for tomorrow's game.

roamer1 · 10-30-2004, 1:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by larry

Boy I have a hard time believing this. I know exactly where those towers are all located there at the Rose Bowl. I tend to believe him though as he knew which carriers had cell sites there.

Cingular will bring in a few COW's (cell on wheels) I'm sure for tomorrow's game.

The description of what was happening is a bit odd...it sounds like the antennas and not the cell site electronics caught on fire. (I doubt the radios are 60 feet in the air...) If that's the case, it shouldn't be all that much trouble to fix (replace antennas, and perhaps hardline between antennas and radios) but it isn't something that can be done overnight. COWs it will have to be for awhile.

-SC

Andy · 10-30-2004, 2:30 PM

Question: How could the panels catch on fire anyways???

Andy

bobd · 10-30-2004, 3:11 PM

It was the cilinder insulation around the panels that actually burned. Watch the game and the side opposite the press box at the 50 yard line on the light standard above the actual lights in the center you will see torched panels. It used to have a cilinder insulation around the tight clusters of panels. On one of the other forums a guy has great pictures of a full site on fire and he said that is happens more than you think. I think it is hofo.

azcellphonejunkie · 10-31-2004, 11:47 PM

I can't find the photos on HoFo to save my life. Has anyone else?

larry · 11-01-2004, 3:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by azcellphonejunkie

I can't find the photos on HoFo to save my life. Has anyone else?

Those pics have been posted around a few times. Can't find them right now though.

bobolito · 11-01-2004, 9:56 AM

azcellphonejunkie · 11-01-2004, 11:13 AM

Nice photo, but it doesn't look like anything from the rose bowl...

larry · 11-01-2004, 2:08 PM

It's not from the Rose Bowl. I don't think there are any actual photos from that. The one posted is actually a fire that started accidentally while workers were making adjustments on the tower.

bobd · 11-01-2004, 5:11 PM

Cingular was out at the Rose Bowl today with a crane preparing to repair the site.
The picture depicts well what the site look like when on fire, just imagine if the stadium was full with the fire over the crowd.

Andy · 11-01-2004, 7:45 PM

bob, do you have any pix, you said you saw them on HoFo.
Thanks,
Andy

bobd · 11-01-2004, 8:49 PM

I have no pics of the fire at the Rose Bowl, it was at night and I was coaching soccer practice. Sorry.

Andy · 11-01-2004, 9:08 PM

That's okay, thanks, but didn't you say you saw the pix somewhere on HoFo? Maybe you have better luck finding them???
Thanks,
Andy

DandyDon · 11-18-2004, 5:37 PM

I have pics from a Nextel site (was told it was Nextel) that caught on fire on Novemebr 16th. The tower was on Landover Road in PG County near Fed Ex Feild in MD. Pics taken from the Kentland FD. Not sure what other provider is co-located on the site.

MOTOhooligan · 11-18-2004, 6:02 PM

Sweet, thanks Don!

DandyDon · 11-18-2004, 6:22 PM

no prob, I am sure many on here want to see Nextel burn

lol

Airb330 · 11-19-2004, 2:34 AM

Nextel prefers a 4 panel per sector in Delaware, usually the panels are a darker color too. At least for Kent/NC counties. How are they down there Don?

DandyDon · 11-19-2004, 12:53 PM

Normally yes, but some have 2, others have 3 but most have 4. This fire was right behind a fire station that uses Nextel, we know the Cheif over there. That's how I know it was a nextel site. More info here: http://www.kentland33.com/

10-30-2004, 1:06 AM	#1 (permalink)
bobd Fresh Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 20 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	cell site on FIRE! I was conducting soccer practice just outside the Rose Bowl tonight and above us a cell site on the light standard in the Rose Bowl stadium was engulfed in flames. It looked like a giant torch. This site is a GSM site for cingular. Too bad since the UCLA/Stanford game is tomorrow expecting 80,000 people. So, so fortunant that this did not happen during the game because large pieces of the site on fire where falling 60 feet down into the stands. Nextel, Verizon and Sprint where not affected, they are on other poles. Looks like cingular, att, and t-mobile customers got BURNED.

10-30-2004, 2:34 AM	#2 (permalink)
Andy Join Date: May 2003 Location: Campione, Italy Posts: 10,285 Phone(s): HTC 6900 Touch, Motorola RAZR V3i Provider(s): VZW, Vodafone D2, Solomo, Swisscom Mobile Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts Images: 130	Re: cell site on FIRE! You must be kidding...Got any pictures??? ~Andy

10-30-2004, 3:32 AM	#3 (permalink)
larry Go Angels! Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 12,950 Phone(s): LG Rumor Provider(s): Sprint Thanks: 17 Thanked 16 Times in 15 Posts Images: 146 My Auctions	Re: cell site on FIRE! Boy I have a hard time believing this. I know exactly where those towers are all located there at the Rose Bowl. I tend to believe him though as he knew which carriers had cell sites there. Cingular will bring in a few COW's (cell on wheels) I'm sure for tomorrow's game.

10-30-2004, 2:30 PM	#5 (permalink)
Andy Join Date: May 2003 Location: Campione, Italy Posts: 10,285 Phone(s): HTC 6900 Touch, Motorola RAZR V3i Provider(s): VZW, Vodafone D2, Solomo, Swisscom Mobile Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts Images: 130	Re: cell site on FIRE! Question: How could the panels catch on fire anyways??? Andy

10-30-2004, 3:11 PM	#6 (permalink)
bobd Fresh Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 20 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: cell site on FIRE! It was the cilinder insulation around the panels that actually burned. Watch the game and the side opposite the press box at the 50 yard line on the light standard above the actual lights in the center you will see torched panels. It used to have a cilinder insulation around the tight clusters of panels. On one of the other forums a guy has great pictures of a full site on fire and he said that is happens more than you think. I think it is hofo.

10-31-2004, 11:47 PM	#7 (permalink)
azcellphonejunkie The Cell Phone Junkie Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Cave Creek, AZ Posts: 2,828 Phone(s): Treo 750, HTC Diamond, BB Pearl, iPhone Provider(s): ATT\|Prior: SPCS, Alltel, T-Mble, Nextel, Verizon Devices: Acura GPS, iPAQ rx3100, Bluetooth Thanks: 1 Thanked 10 Times in 6 Posts My Auctions	Re: cell site on FIRE! I can't find the photos on HoFo to save my life. Has anyone else?

11-01-2004, 9:56 AM	#9 (permalink)
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11-01-2004, 11:13 AM	#10 (permalink)
azcellphonejunkie The Cell Phone Junkie Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Cave Creek, AZ Posts: 2,828 Phone(s): Treo 750, HTC Diamond, BB Pearl, iPhone Provider(s): ATT\|Prior: SPCS, Alltel, T-Mble, Nextel, Verizon Devices: Acura GPS, iPAQ rx3100, Bluetooth Thanks: 1 Thanked 10 Times in 6 Posts My Auctions	Re: cell site on FIRE! Nice photo, but it doesn't look like anything from the rose bowl...

11-01-2004, 2:08 PM	#11 (permalink)
larry Go Angels! Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 12,950 Phone(s): LG Rumor Provider(s): Sprint Thanks: 17 Thanked 16 Times in 15 Posts Images: 146 My Auctions	Re: cell site on FIRE! It's not from the Rose Bowl. I don't think there are any actual photos from that. The one posted is actually a fire that started accidentally while workers were making adjustments on the tower.

11-01-2004, 5:11 PM	#12 (permalink)
bobd Fresh Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 20 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: cell site on FIRE! Cingular was out at the Rose Bowl today with a crane preparing to repair the site. The picture depicts well what the site look like when on fire, just imagine if the stadium was full with the fire over the crowd.

11-01-2004, 7:45 PM	#13 (permalink)
Andy Join Date: May 2003 Location: Campione, Italy Posts: 10,285 Phone(s): HTC 6900 Touch, Motorola RAZR V3i Provider(s): VZW, Vodafone D2, Solomo, Swisscom Mobile Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts Images: 130	Re: cell site on FIRE! bob, do you have any pix, you said you saw them on HoFo. Thanks, Andy

11-01-2004, 8:49 PM	#14 (permalink)
bobd Fresh Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 20 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: cell site on FIRE! I have no pics of the fire at the Rose Bowl, it was at night and I was coaching soccer practice. Sorry.

11-01-2004, 9:08 PM	#15 (permalink)
Andy Join Date: May 2003 Location: Campione, Italy Posts: 10,285 Phone(s): HTC 6900 Touch, Motorola RAZR V3i Provider(s): VZW, Vodafone D2, Solomo, Swisscom Mobile Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts Images: 130	Re: cell site on FIRE! That's okay, thanks, but didn't you say you saw the pix somewhere on HoFo? Maybe you have better luck finding them??? Thanks, Andy

11-18-2004, 5:37 PM	#16 (permalink)
DandyDon Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: on the right coast Posts: 326 Phone(s): i95cl, R85.01.02, w/ SYN0547 Provider(s): Nextel Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: cell site on FIRE! I have pics from a Nextel site (was told it was Nextel) that caught on fire on Novemebr 16th. The tower was on Landover Road in PG County near Fed Ex Feild in MD. Pics taken from the Kentland FD. Not sure what other provider is co-located on the site.

11-18-2004, 6:02 PM	#17 (permalink)
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