A crow was electrocuted on power lines late Sunday, sparking a fire in some offices at St. Margaret's Episcopal Church, which also lost power. The offices also suffered some water damage after firefighters extinguished the blaze.
The small fire broke out about 11:30 p.m. Sunday after a crow was shocked to death on power lines just over the mountain ridge behind the church, at 47-535 Highway 74, the Rev. Lane Hensley said Monday on the church's website.
“The lines overheated and collapsed near our building and started a fire immediately adjacent to the offices,” Hensley wrote in an extensive note to parishioners.
Riverside County Fire spokesman Jody Hagemann didn't have any information on the fire.
Hensley said an electrical surge caused extensive damage to electrical and communications subpanels in the back of the offices.
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