Broken hydrant floods Route 101A with water and sand

Heard on: Nashua Fire Rescue Ch 1-8

01:04

This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

00:00

Fire alarm answering command.

00:05

Fire hydrant sheared completely off and flowing.

00:07

We're unable to locate the shutoff in the street.

00:11

Can you kind of check here as quick as they can get here to shut this thing down?

00:21

Message received.

00:22

We did contact tenant check.

00:28

Center truck is supposed to be sending somebody out right now.

00:40

Fire alarm.

00:43

Fire alarm answering command.

00:48

I believe being this is Route 101A, it's probably a state road, but we're going to want to let either state DPW or an actual DPW know.

00:56

There's a pretty significant amount of sand that has washed into the street from the hydrant flowing.

01:02

It's going to need to be moved.

2026-09-27 05:48 UTC

Fire

NH-101A, Nashua, NH

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews reported a fire hydrant sheared off and flowing near Route 101A, with water washing a significant amount of sand into the roadway. Responders could not locate the street shutoff, contacted a tenant, and requested someone respond to shut it down. State or local road crews may need to be notified to move the sand from the road.