Telephone poles and utility lines on fire near Mendham Rd, Bernardsville NJ
Fire & ArsonFirefighters responded to multiple telephone poles on fire near Mendham Road. Several poles and utility lines, including energized power and cable lines, were burning. No exposures or further damage reported at the time.
Audio|Source: Somerset County and Franklin Twp
02:53
Transcript:
00:00
22 out on location.
00:01
We do have a telephone poll that is on fire.
00:05
I'm investigating you can contact the utilities.
00:27
If you want to make this left-in or stay out there either way, just send your crew up.
00:31
It doesn't appear we're going to have access to reset it.
00:36
FreeC-C-3-7-Omposition.
00:43
Got it, copy.
00:49
I know what I have on location at the time.
00:59
Thank you, Chief.
01:01
Just stage past Private Road 366 on Mendham Road and you can hold your crew.
01:08
No exposures at this time, but we do have the poll pretty well involved.
01:14
It may burn through.
01:20
Got me.
01:21
County, you can charge in 222 on location.
01:26
Buries.
01:31
East Drive, Cabana County.
01:35
Yeah.
01:37
I'm able to make any access to actually reset the full alarm.
01:42
One hallway smoke detector foul with no concerns.
01:45
The alarm's going to be left as it is.
01:46
Command's terminated.
01:49
444.
01:54
Engine 2, go to Oswan.
02:00
Go to engine 2 and Oswald.
02:05
Okay, it might as well just huck in somewhere and get comfort.
02:09
I do want you stay on location until at least the power company gets here in case these pole bars through.
02:15
If it wasn't raining, we'd have a big brush fire, but we're good for now.
02:21
All right coffee jeep, we're just going to pull in here to Cranview and settle in.
02:31
2 from Chief 22 on Ops 1 with the update.
02:35
I do have another section.
02:37
It's involving the phone and the cable lines down lower, but I do have another section two telephone poles further into Mendham that is on fire as well.
02:47
So I don't know how far this is going.
02:49
It looks like the table lines are energized by a branch from the power lines.
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Location mentioned:
Mendham Rd, Bernardsville, NJ 07924
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