Transformer explosions cause power outage and wires down, Danbury CT
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, transformer explosions near Kenosha Avenue and Mill Plain Road caused a power outage and downed wires. Fire units responded. There is no active fire now.
Audio|Heard on: Danbury Fire HQ
Listen to dispatch call
02:14
Transcript:
00:00
Could you dispatch an engine company to the area of Mill Plain and Kenosha? It looks like there were several transformer explosions.
00:10
Power is out in the area now, there's no longer any active burning.
00:14
Rieke.
00:16
Rishi, we're getting a bunch of calls on it.
00:23
Please.
00:36
Engine 26 and Volunteer Company 12 respond to wires down at Millplain Road and Kenosha Avenue.
00:45
Cross streets are Lake Avenue extension and Kenosha Avenue.
00:48
Engine 26 and Volunteer Company 12 respond to wires down.
00:54
At Millplain Road and Kenosha Avenue.
00:56
Cross streets are Lake Avenue extension and Kenosha Avenue.
01:14
Engine 22 and Volunteer Company 13 respond to wires down at near Kenosha Avenue, Kenosha Busna Center, cross-street sample of our drive and Apple Ridge Road.
01:27
Engine 22 and Volunteer Company 13, respond to wires down at near Kenosha Avenue, Kenosha-Busna Center,
01:37
cross-street sample of our drive and Apple Ridge Road.
01:46
Dispatch car 56.
01:48
Go ahead, car.
01:53
Just be advised there's power out in the entire area of Kenosha and Lake Gab, well, no plane.
02:00
This sent an arc all the way down Lake Avenue for Stopped Chopkin's Well, Kenosha,
02:08
2.
02:10
52 Kenosha Avenue.
02:12
There is no active burning at this time.
Disclaimer:
This transcript is automatically generated by AI from live dispatch audio. Dispatch communications may include background noise, overlapping speakers, or rapidly evolving situations, and automated transcription may not capture all details or context.
Location mentioned:
Kenosia Ave & Mill Plain Rd, Danbury, CT 06811
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