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[quote=Anonymous]I live near Parkland and, obviously, don't want to have to look at a huge cell phone tower every single day.  Having now googled the issue, I was surprised to learn the cell phone towers are quite flammable.  Apparently, fires have started a number of times during maintenance (from welding).  Here are the news stories on cell phone towers that I found:

•	June 2015 (Virginia, near high school):  http://wtkr.com/2015/06/16/cell-phone-tower-near-heritage-high-school-catches-fire/
•	September 2014 (Oregon, near high school):  http://kval.com/news/local/cell-tower-fire-near-thurston-high-sends-up-smoky-plume
•	July 2014 (Ohio, along high school football field):  http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2014/07/15/0715-grandview-cellphone-tower-fire.html
•	June 2013 (Pennsylvania): http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Cell-Phone-Tower-on-Fire-in-Bucks-County-212489511.html
•	May 2013 (New Jersey):  http://www.nj.com/monmouth/index.ssf/2013/05/cell_tower_fire_knocks_out_main_middletown_police_communications.html
•	February 2013 (Nevada):  http://www.fox5vegas.com/story/20959950/cell-phone-tower-catches-fire-near-us-95
•	December 2011 (Georgia):  http://www.cbs46.com/story/16175764/cell-phone-tower-on-fire-in-lilburn
•	May 2011 (Missouri):  http://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/burning-cell-phone-tower-closes-both-directions-of-interstate-435-at-front-street
•	January 2011 (California):  http://www.dailybulletin.com/20110113/cell-tower-catches-fire-nearby-buildings-evacuated
•	June 2010 (Iowa):  http://www.lemarssentinel.com/story/1641878.html
•	April 2006 (Maryland):  http://www.firehouse.com/news/10500668/maryland-cell-tower-destroyed-by-fire
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