October 24, 2004
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Update on Canneto di Caronia mystery fires
Some of you here — I think one was JennyG
– asked me to keep you informed if my Google news alert turned up
anything new on the strange events in Canneto di Caronia. I have
been getting alerts every week or two, but until the latest one they
were all rehashes of the old news served up in a London tabloid.
This is the latest:MYSTERIOUS
FIRES IN MESSINA PROVINCE, SUMMIT TOMORROW
(AGI) – Messina, 23 October – A joint summit of the inter-institutional
work group of the civil protection forces and the technical consultants
of the Mistretta prosecutor’s office (Messina) will take place tomorrow
morning. Their task will be to try and understand what is happening in
Canneto di Caronia, in the province of Messina, where many families
have reported cases of plumbing pipes suddenly perforated, attributing
this occurrence to the dispersion of electrical current. The same thing
had happened at the beginning of 2004 when a series of mysterious fires
had taken place. Stray current, has this time affected Caronia’s
aqueduct which has no cathodic protection. The technicians of the
prosecutor’s office and the civil protection forces will examine the
broken tubes and will try to draw some initial conclusions on this
anomalous incident which is filling local families with fear and
uncertainty.231417 OTT 04
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia – News In English
Comments (2)
I think “stray current” refers to tiny amounts, in milliamps. It does strange things to dairy cows in metal stanchions. It could conceivably erode pipes.
Fires are more likely due to outright short circuits. The article is hard to understand.
Interesting…..