WATCH: Palm tree on fire causes havoc in Randburg
Normally,
palm trees make people think about relaxing times, but these poor residents
were a bundle of stress.
Recently, a video was shared by a resident of Block 14 in Randburg, and it has been doing the rounds on social media.
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In the video, you see a man watching a palm tree catch fire in his neighbour’s yard, and to make things worse, the tree was directly under high-voltage powerlines.
The combination of the fire and the overhead lines caused plasma arc to start appearing, much to the shock of the residents.
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The reaction the man had was justified, and he was not the only one to feel that way with some commenting: “This is something out of comic book, Fire Lightning.”
Watch the video below: