{"id":4720,"date":"2014-07-30T19:20:30","date_gmt":"2014-07-31T02:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/?p=4720"},"modified":"2014-08-11T19:23:50","modified_gmt":"2014-08-12T02:23:50","slug":"smart-meter-explodes-in-saskatoon-weeks-after-saskpower-halts-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/?p=4720","title":{"rendered":"Smart meter explodes in Saskatoon, weeks after SaskPower halts program"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4721\" alt=\"saskexpl\" src=\"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/saskexpl.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/saskexpl.jpg 620w, https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/saskexpl-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><em><\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em>Brad McNairn, who lives in Saskatoon\u2019s Willow Grove neighbourhood, told CTV his smart meter &#8212; seen here in this combination photo &#8212; blew out around 1 a.m. July 26, sending scorch marks up the side of his house. (Brad McNairn)<\/em>\n<\/div>\n<div>CTV Saskatoon<br \/>\nPublished Saturday, July 26, 2014 6:47PM CST<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Another SaskPower smart meter exploded Saturday, only weeks after the crown corporation put the meter program on hold.<\/p>\n<p>Brad McNairn, who lives in Saskatoon\u2019s Willow Grove neighbourhood, told CTV his smart meter blew out around 1 a.m., sending scorch marks up the side of his house.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy oldest son sleeps about five feet away from where that spot blew. It\u2019s really concerning to us. It wasn\u2019t a big deal here, but in the future I think it could be a lot worse for other people,\u201d McNairn said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/saskatoon.ctvnews.ca\/smart-meter-explodes-in-saskatoon-weeks-after-saskpower-halts-program-1.1933793#ixzz3A8m0X2YN\">http:\/\/saskatoon.ctvnews.ca\/smart-meter-explodes-in-saskatoon-weeks-after-saskpower-halts-program-1.1933793#ixzz3A8m0X2YN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brad McNairn, who lives in Saskatoon\u2019s Willow Grove neighbourhood, told CTV his smart meter &#8212; seen here in this combination photo &#8212; blew out around 1 a.m. July 26, sending scorch marks up the side of his house. (Brad McNairn) CTV Saskatoon Published Saturday, July 26, 2014 6:47PM CST Another SaskPower smart meter exploded Saturday, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[126,186,187],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fire","category-saskatchewan","category-saskpower"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4720"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4722,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4720\/revisions\/4722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}