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Cell Phone Tower Collapses After Fire

No Injuries Reported In Wellesley Incident

POSTED: 1:35 pm EST January 23, 2009
UPDATED: 5:09 pm EST January 23, 2009

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A cell phone tower caught on fire and collapsed in Wellesley on Friday afternoon.

Viewer Captures Tower Collapse | Images Of Fire

The tower off of Route 9 caught on fire shortly after 1 p.m. A spark from a welder's torch ignited a fire on the tower. The flames slowly weakened the structure, which eventually crashed to the ground.

There were no injuries, but the fire cut power to about 200 homes in the area.

NewsCenter 5 and TheBostonChannel.com will have more information when it becomes available.

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