Downed live power lines block road in Tuscarawas, Coshocton County OH
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to live power lines that fell across both lanes near Morgan Run Road and County Road 16 in Tuscarawas Township, obstructing traffic and posing a hazard. Emergency personnel confirmed multiple spans of energized lines on the ground and requested utility assistance.
Audio|Heard on: Coshocton Public Safety
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02:56
Transcript:
00:00
Central 602 is in the area investigating.
00:04
Six hundred and two gets in the area.
00:11
602 Central Dispatch, we are on scene.
00:14
You were correct in advising it is east of the original intersection you gave us, and we do have primary lines laying across the road both lanes.
00:26
You're clear east of Morgan Run.
00:29
Laying across the roadway.
00:30
Do you want me to page out forward? You guys?
00:34
You tell me.
00:36
That's a negative.
00:37
I was advised they're on another call right now.
00:39
They are not needed on this one.
00:42
You're clear.
00:47
Central, what's this for?
00:51
Four ten, good.
00:54
You can clear us from the Otsego call and Engine 403 will be responding.
01:01
Can you give us an address of that again?
01:05
I don't have an exact address.
01:07
It's going to be just east of Morgan Run Road.
01:10
I am sorry.
01:12
Just west of Morgan Run Road and County Road 16, just into your area.
01:17
You're clear.
01:19
You can clear myself and everybody from the Otsego.
01:24
Book myself.
01:26
Engine 403 in Rasta.
01:29
Morgan Run and 16.
01:32
You're clear. I got you en route to wires down.
01:34
Go.
01:37
Six 18 0410.
01:41
Go ahead, sir.
01:44
Yeah, it's east of the intersection about 100 yards.
01:49
If you want to stop at the intersection and start turning people around, I would appreciate it.
01:58
So are you on 16 or are you on more than one?
02:05
Yeah, you can turn them around on 16.
02:07
I would just park there at Morgan Run and turn them around right there.
02:10
It's the line that caught fire there, the brush fire from two years ago.
02:14
It's that same line.
02:18
Yeah, clear.
02:23
Safety Center Dispatch, do you have AEP en route?
02:32
Negative. We didn't know what kind of wires it was.
02:35
Caller thought it was cable wires, but do you have an address or a pole number I can get them headed that way?
02:44
Yeah, I do. Pole number is (number withheld).
02:49
Repeat (number withheld).
02:52
I would advise them they've got four to five spans of primary on the ground.
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Location mentioned:
Morgan Run Rd & Co Rd 16, Tuscarawas Township, OH 43812
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