Assertion: pier | /r/CapableOf | burn to the waterline
Facets:
value: due to an electrical short circuit
type: CAUSE
value: on may
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: In 1988, the pier was severely battered by two winter storms, and on May 27 it burned to the waterline due to an electrical short circuit (the fire was so large that a SigAlert was announced for the San Diego Freeway several miles away).