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Downed live wire causes fire in wooded area, Colorado Springs CO

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S El Paso St & E Colorado Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80903

Radio dispatch reports a downed live electrical wire arcing into trees and starting a fire in the woods behind an address near E Colorado Ave in Colorado Springs. Responders request utility support and extra fire resources, assign one brush truck, and send multiple units (unit numbers withheld). A command channel is also established.

Audio|Source: Colorado Springs Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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received. We're actually going to need a utilities represented about here. Emergent. We do have a wire down that's arcing into the trees and it is catching the woods on fire behind this address. Coffee on you need additional fire resources.
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We will take one brush truck out here. Copy. Medic 2-9 responding code 2 with Engine 4, Plas, and Nevada. Copy brake, engine 4 responding. In Dispastration 5, we will take a command channel as well. Copy, we'll move you to Command 6.

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S El Paso St & E Colorado Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80903
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