High-rise window washing basket falls and hits power line - GIF

High-rise window washing basket falls and hits power line.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...ower-gif-72960
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...369#post131305
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...295#post121722
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...057#post140978

Terrifying. Bet that guy needs new underwear.

Isn't it the basket's motor feed extension cord that is vaporizing itself thru a short,
rather than it hitting some power line?
Perhaps the basket gets stuck against the balcony while the drive is lifting?

Doesn't it seem like the whiff of smoke lies a few feet from the face of the building?
These 3-phase cords feed from a coil on the ground up into the platform's bottom,
and should (in the best of all worlds) be properly fused and GFCI protected.