Verizon vs. the Needham Fire Department

netbuzz writes "At issue is whether — or not — there was a minor fire in a house on Pine Grove Street in Needham, Mass., caused by a Verizon employee drilling through an electrical main. Everyone agrees that whatever happened — or didn't happen — was indeed the fault of the Verizon employee; it's "fire or no fire" that is at issue. Verizon says no fire, not even smoke. The Needham Fire Department begs to differ. New eye-witness reports are emerging ... and it's not looking good for Verizon."

Comments

Fire not important

[MichaelSmith]

So there may or may not have been a fire but the tech definitely drilled through a mains cable. Don't they carry instruments for that? Something which picks up 60Hz AC?

In any event it should be SOP to drill a shallow hole at first and check the cavity for cables before drilling further. Thats how I would do it anyway.

Slashdot is the Angry Left

[libtardslasher]

Why post an article like this unless you have some axe to grind with Verizon? This has nothing to do with "tech news" or whatever the hell this site is supposed to be about. Its just more angry liberal venting... crazy...