Mysterious Flash Captured During Live Traffic Report in Phoenix
Posted on March 10, 2012
A large flash was spotted in Phoenix during Andrea Robinson's live 5 am traffic report Thursday morning on Fox 10 News Phoenix. It looks like it could have been a transformer explosion, but the electric utilities serving Phoenix - APS and SRP - told Fox 10 they had no transformer problems in the area. There have also been no reports of an explosion, according to the network.
Newsday reports that there was no weather in Phoenix to account for the flash. Doug Nintzel, a spokesman for the Arizona Department of Transportation, is quoted as saying, "It's a mystery to us as well. I can't even offer a guess."
Fox 10 is reaching out to the public for information about the mysterious flash. Take a look:
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