Telephone pole sparking and on fire near Henrietta St, Amsterdam NY
A telephone pole near Henrietta Street was sparking and caught fire. Crews could not get close due to safety concerns. National Grid was notified to handle the situation. Traffic was blocked at the nearby intersection to ensure safety.
Audio|Source: Montgomery County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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We have a telephone pole, sparking, and on fire. We're not able to get close enough to see what pole number is.
00:14
We have no residence that is close to?
00:21
Near Henrietta Street.
00:28
Three poles up from that address.
00:31
We're not going to get any closer than we are now.
00:36
The telephone pole that national grid.
00:40
No, it's national grid. It's going to be high power lines.
00:48
One one down.
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Also, can you have APD respond to the top of Henrietta to keep traffic from coming down?
01:01
From the Louisville.
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Tower force.
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Tom,
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you want to go up and around, put that truck up the top of the hill?
01:19
For a minute.
01:22
We're going to be blocking traffic at the intersection for Westburn High.
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7-886. 7-886.
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7-8-8-6. 7-8-6, 2160.
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As your one.
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Ezra one. As your one.
02:03
National Grid's been advised.
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They give me a call back to the top one.
02:09
Thank you. Thank you.
02:12
One more than you.
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Location mentioned:
Near Henrietta St, Amsterdam, NY 12010
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