KFI's hopes of finally erecting a new 684-foot broadcast tower in La Mirada were dashed Tuesday, when it came crashing down. K6RIX.com was there, and took shots of the collapse (above, and below).
KFI has been broadcasting from a temporary stick since 2004, when the station's old 760-foot tower collapsed after a small plane crashed into the tower while trying to land at nearby Fullerton Municipal Airport.
It took several years to get approval for the new tower, but construction finally began on Saturday. According to KFI, the tower had risen to about 250 feet on Tuesday, when it crashed around 2:30 p.m.
K6RIX.com reports that one person was injured, but thankfully most of the damage was confined to the tower:
Nobody was on the tower during this phase of the installation and only one person was hurt when the North/East guy structure gave away. There was some minor damage to a couple of trailers and the top 8' of the gin pole came through a warehouse roof. Other than that, there is just a bundle of steel and ceramic in the parking lot with some damage to the enclosure wall and fence.
K6RIX.com caught a shot of the tower in mid-collapse:
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