Electrical issue with smoking transformer on US 52

Heard on: Horry SC Fire Dispatch Group Calls

01:23

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

Three two one, respond to (number withheld) US 52 highway, Coward.

00:07

Thirty three US 52 highway, Coward.

00:10

SLFD 2, Battalion.

00:12

State in reference to electrical hazard.

00:26

Southland Fire Department, Southland Fire Station Two Three Two One.

00:31

Respond to (number withheld) US 52 Highway, (number withheld) US Fifty Two Highway at your station two.

00:38

Twenty one.

00:41

So 20 one's on the scene.

00:44

No fire hazard.

00:46

Cancel all Southland dispatches.

00:48

I'll give a phone number.

00:49

Sure.

00:55

We had the one north of the station.

01:01

Affirmative.

01:02

I was down to town hall.

01:03

I seen one smoking.

01:04

I don't know if it was one at the station or one north of it.

01:10

Over here between the station and the hot spot, there's a fuse trip out over there.

01:19

And it was actual transformer.

01:20

(name withheld) seen flames have come out of it.

8/24/2026 12:44 PM

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US-52, Coward, SC 29530

Electrical issue with smoking transformer on US 52

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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 electrical hazard involving a transformer and fuse near US 52 in the Coward area. Units arrived, reported no active fire hazard, and canceled further dispatches. Radio traffic suggested a transformer between the fire station and the reported hotspot may have been seen with flames coming from it.

Electrical issue with smoking transformer on US 52

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