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July 31, 2018 21:16:37
An elderly woman told a court in Perth that she had never checked a power pole on her property before she did. Collapse and set off a fire that went through a suburb of Perth. Parkerville has damaged or destroyed dozens of homes.
Eighty-six-year-old Noreen Campbell and Western Power and its Thiess contractors are being sued by residents and homeowners who lost their homes
There were problems with spent with termites in fruit trees on his property, but a pest controller had gotten rid of them.
She also told the court that she supposed termites could not enter Jarrah. or ask someone else to do it.
LACHLAN ARMSTRONG QC: Have you ever thought about whether this particular pole could be affected by termites?
MS CAMPBELL: No.
LACHLAN ARMSTRONG QC: And the reason you did not think about it because you understood ood the post to be jarrah?
MS. CAMPBELL: Yes.
LACHLAN ARMSTRONG QC: And the stumps that were under your house and were affected by white ants, did you testify, were also jarrah?
MS. CAMPBELL: Yes.
LACHLAN ARMSTRONG QC: Did this make you think that the post being made of jarrah, could also be affected by termites?
Ms CAMPBELL: No, I do not.
LACHLAN ARMSTRONG QC: Have you ever checked the post?
MS CAMPBELL: No.
LACHLAN ARMSTRONG QC: Have you ever asked someone to check the post?
MS CAMPBELL: No.
LACHLAN ARMSTRONG QC: You knew that the pole was holding power lines, is not it?
MS. CAMPBELL: Yes.
The court has already been told that the pole is affected by termites. at Parkerville in the Perth Hills. "title =" Firefighters tackle bushfire. "width =" 700 "height =" 467 "/>
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Firefighters attack at the Parkerville fire. (Department of Fire and Emergency Services)
In addition to the collapsed post, Mrs. Campbell was questioned about a steel pole that was not used and was not used. 39, a post that had been placed on the property.
When Ms. Campbell was interviewed by another lawyer about her first memory of the meter box on the post, she replied that she had never thought about it [19659013]. if she remembered the last time she had "visited" the pole, she replied that she could not.
Mrs. Campbell is quoted in Western Power's application on the ground that she "owned" the post and had the duty of
The power pole "looked good" at the time of the letter. Entrepreneur Before Flaming
Ms. Campbell was not questioned in court, unlike Leonard Bartosch, Thiess' s contractor who had inspected the post in July 2013 – about six months before she went to work. is collapsed
M. Bartosch told the court to have it around the post, did a probing test with a hammer – taking care not to damage the post – and looked for rot or holes.
He also took a picture of the post meter box, which was missing a door. A 2013 picture of the measuring box on the power pole in question, with a messy sign on it. "title =" The meter box that was Parkerville fire power pole "width =" 700 "height =" 467 "/>
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The meter box on the pole that triggered the Parkerville fire. (Supplied)
