Branch on power lines causes fire near transformer

Heard on: KenCom Fire Fire: Dispatch [Ch 1]

01:42

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

123, you're going in on the still for the transformer fire, located on Beecher, the south side.

00:05

There's lines on fire close to a tree.

00:13

123 is in the area investigating.

00:16

Sugar

00:21

Grove Lane.

00:25

Power fail.

00:26

Sugar Grove Lane.

00:30

Power fail.

00:37

Okay, I'm 123.

00:40

123?

00:42

Address (number withheld) Galena Road.

00:47

Got a large branch down across multiple lines.

00:51

On fire.

00:53

No hazard immediately.

01:01

We're coming on that.

01:05

That's affirmative.

01:11

Okay, we got three on the scene.

01:14

Large industrial complex, nothing showing.

01:17

I'll be out.

01:24

Yeah, from 123.

01:26

Go ahead.

01:31

If you want to advise combat as well that there's a power line hanging down from the transformer as well.

01:38

No immediate hazard though.

01:40

123 will be available if you guys tag the combat.

7/2/2026 09:09 PM

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Galena Rd, Bristol, IL 60512

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

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a reported transformer and power line fire near Galena Road and Beecher on the south side of an industrial complex. A large tree branch was reported down across several power lines that were on fire, with one line hanging from a transformer. The situation was described as having no immediate hazard.

Branch on power lines causes fire near transformer

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