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Hail, torrential rain and a funnel cloud over Brantford were all part of a sudden change in weather Saturday night.
After a brief hail- and rainstorm disrupted the Grand River Arts Festival on the grounds of Glenhyrst Art Gallery around suppertime Saturday, Brantford’s Bob Yuhasz saw a group of people looking skyward.
“I thought, ‘Oh, there must be a rainbow!’” Yuhasz said.
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Instead, he saw an ominous-looking funnel cloud.
He snapped a photo of the cloud from the Glenhyrst parking lot, facing north, noting the cloud didn’t appear to have touched down anywhere, but dissipated at it moved southeast.
“Everyone was looking at it and kind of holding their breath,” Yuhasz said.
Photos of the funnel cloud were posted in various social media platforms and picked up by The Weather Channel and news media as far off as Britain.
Fire may have been caused by phone charger
A Friday evening house fire near Bill’s Corners in Norfolk was possibly due to a phone charger and “associated wiring,” Norfolk County Fire says.
Firefighters from Vittoria, Simcoe, Delhi and St. Williams were called to the blaze just after 5 p.m. at Charlotteville East Quarterline Road and Concession Road 8.
They arrived to find an advanced fire in the home that left extensive damage, now estimated at $500,000.
No one was home at the time of the fire and the firefighters were able to prevent any further loss to nearby structures.
“The preliminary investigation was limited due to the safety of the remaining structure,” said Cory Armstrong-Smith, fire prevention officer.
“However, a cellphone charger and associated wiring is being considered as the source of ignition even though it was not charging a device at the time of the fire.”
As a reminder, Armstrong-Smith said electronic devices should only be used with charging equipment that comes with the device and cables and cubes should be discarded immediately if they become kinked, damaged, discoloured or show any other signs of malfunctioning.
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