AN ACR WDB HIT A LIGHT ON TOP OF A TEMPORARY BLAST FENCE. THE ACFT WAS SLIGHTLY DAMAGED.

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WE RECEIVED A MESSAGE FROM DISPATCH THAT OUR FLT AND ANOTHER FLT WERE SUSPECTED OF HITTING RWY 17R BLAST FENCE AT DFW WITH OUR WING TIP. ON THE GND AT MCO; WE CHKED OUR L WING AND FOUND A 10 INCH HOLE IN THE OUTBOARD LEADING EDGE SLAT ABOUT 15 FT FROM WING TIP. WE ALSO NOTED A SCRAPE MARK ON THE OUTBOARD LEADING EDGE SLAT. THERE WERE NO SENSATIONS IN COCKPIT OR CABIN AT TIME OF IMPACT OR ANY UNUSUAL ACFT VIBRATIONS OR PERFORMANCE. THE BLAST FENCE IS AT THE NEAR END OF RWY 17R AT DFW. IT'S THERE TO PROTECT THE WORKERS DOING CONSTRUCTION ON EXTENDING THE RWY. TAXIING ON TXWY 18 NEAR THE CONSTRUCTION; I FOLLOWED THE YELLOW CTRLINE AND STOPPED SHORT OF THE HOLD LINE UNTIL CLRED INTO POS AND HOLD. THEN PROCEEDED WITH A SHALLOW R TURN ONTO CTRLINE OF RWY 17R WITH IDLE PWR UNTIL REACHING A WHITE LINE WHICH IS THERE TO INDICATE WHERE TO USE TKOF PWR. AT THAT TIME; WE MADE A NORMAL TKOF AND FLT TO MCO. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR'S ACFT WAS THE ONE THAT HIT THE FENCE. HE WAS FOLLOWING ANOTHER ACFT; A SMALLER ACR LGT; ON WHAT APPEARED TO BE A YELLOW LINE IN THE TAXI AREA. ACTUALLY; THE YELLOW LINE HAD BEEN PAINTED OVER WITH BLACK PAINT AND THERE WAS NO NEW YELLOW LINE. WHILE TAXIING INTO THE SUN; THE SHINY BLACK LINE APPEARED TO BE ANY COLOR; YELLOW FOR INSTANCE. THE BLAST FENCE IS VERY HIGH; ABOUT 14 FT; AND THE RPTR'S ACFT HIT A RED LIGHT THAT CONTINUED ABOVE THE FENCE. THE FAA CONDUCTED A HEARING AND ISSUED A 2 YR LETTER OF WARNING TO THE RPTR. THE FENCE IS NOW DOWN.