Electrical Panel Explodes At Chiller; Electrician Burned
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Columbus fire and police on the scene of a fire at Chiller Easton. NBC 4's Shawn Holmes
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Columbus fire and police on the scene of a fire at Chiller Easton. NBC 4's Shawn Holmes
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Columbus fire and police on the scene of a fire at Chiller Easton. NBC 4's Shawn Holmes
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Columbus fire and police on the scene of a fire at Chiller Easton. NBC 4's Shawn Holmes
NBC 4
An electrician is transported to the OSU Burn Center after an electrical panel explodes at the Chiller Easton Ice Rink Thursday afternoon.
COLUMBUS, Ohio—An electrician was transported to the OSU Burn Center after an electrical panel exploded at the Chiller Easton Ice Rink Thursday.
NBC 4 reported with the FAST FACTS from Battalion Chief Randy Spaeth.
Columbus police and fire crews were called to the scene at about 12:45 p.m.
A Chiller employee was working on a 480-volt power panel when the panel sparked and caught fire.
He was thrown to the floor, and the area began to fill with smoke.
Patrons and employees were evacuated as fire crews contained the fire. Witnesses said the unit still was sparking as fire crews arrived.
The incident currently was being declared an industrial accident.
The ice rink at 3600 Chiller Lane was to be closed to the public during an investigation. They are trying to restore the power to the compressors. The compressors maintain the ice for the rinks.
Homicide detectives also were called to the scene as well as OSHA.
CPD said it’s standard procedure to call in homicide and it’s not an indication of illegal activity or the victim’s death. If assault squad was on shift right now, they’d have been called. The squad was called in to confirm/deny that anything illegal was going on.
Authorities have not identified the electrician, but he was conscious when he was transported from the scene.
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Reader Reactions
It was amazing he was conscious, 480 will take you out quick. I wonder if there was anyone else there, when he went into the panel? At least, there should of been. Good luck to him.
I hope the electrician recovers fully from this.. 480 Volts is nothing to toy with. In this instance he was probably working on it when an ARC FLASHOVER occured which means voltage and current find a path to ground and the other “HOT” Leads in the circuit. “This is an EXTREMELY DANGEROUS condition to happen. Please wear your proper equipment when working in any electrical panels…......
jeff: the story has been updated. it was a bit confusing for a minute there.
Why was homicide called to a fire when a victim was transported to a hospital? Did someone else die? is there foul play suspected?
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