For about the past 10 years, Heather Allen has been dealing with trees growing close to power lines near her house west of Redding, but the problem literally exploded Wednesday when a branch fell onto the electrical lines.
The fire did not spread past the tree, but Allen said what happened when the branch hit the line was alarming and reminded her of the risk of wildfires from trees growing near power lines.
"(We're) definitely on edge, given the events in the past and whole towns being wiped out because of fires. And my parents, you know, we lost my family home in the (2018) Carr Fire," Allen said.
Allen said she called 911 Wednesday evening. Emergency dispatchers called out the fire in the 800 block of Equestrian Trail shortly before 6 p.m. "There was an explosion that I have never really heard. The sound that it made, it was like a supersonic kind of sound," Allen said.
The sound was accompanied by a frightening vibration she said she could feel.