Trees: The Silent Killer
And like an invasion of B-movie zombies, they die, lay in wait, and strike when you least expect it:
Posted: April 30th, 2010 | Filed under: Queens, We're All Gonna Die!, Well, What Did You Expect?A Queens tree branch that neighbors had complained was rotten came crashing down on power lines Thursday, sparking a stubborn blaze that destroyed a church, witnesses said.
The Deeper Life Christian Fellowship Church on 111th St. in Richmond Hill caught fire when the limb collapsed onto the wires and a car.
“It caused a chain reaction,” said a neighborhood resident who gave her name only as Adel. “It kept popping like a firecracker,” she said. “It was a crackling of electricity.”