Four radio towers toppled in Black Canyon City
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BLACK CANYON CITY, Ariz. The Yavapai County sheriff's office says vandals have toppled four radio towers in Black Canyon City. It says it was told that the damage will run into the (m) millions.
There was heated debate a few years back when a complex of seven radio towers was constructed at the site.
Just after 10 p-m last night, the sheriff's office got a call that someone had cut the steel support rods to four of the towers and the towers had fallen.
The call came from someone who went to investigate after hearing crashing sounds.
Sheriff's spokeswoman Susan Quayle says investigators determined that the support rods had been cut with some type of torch.
People opposed to construction of the towers waged an unsuccessful fight in 2001 to overturn Yavapai County's decision to grant a use permit for the 190-foot towers.