Wires down causing woods fire behind house

Heard on: Rensselaer County NY Fire Dispatch

01:37

00:00

Dispatcher, I'm en route.

00:01

Can I have the address again, please?

00:03

You're at (number withheld) Coldwater Tavern Road.

00:12

Dispatch, house was car three.

00:15

House was car three.

00:18

Dispatcher, I'm arriving.

00:20

I'll be investigating.

00:23

Received. They said it was in the rear of the house on and top of the embankment.

00:31

Dispatch, house was car three.

00:34

House was car three.

00:38

Dispatch, I have primaries down.

00:42

Niagara Mohawk,

00:44

four zero, pole number 408 .

00:48

We've got a heavy fire in the woods.

00:51

If you can just tell the national grid that, please.

00:56

Received, 17 twenty-seven.

00:58

Dispatch, you toss a loss of car three.

01:02

Go ahead, dispatch.

01:05

National Grid is inquiring if the wires are down on the ground.

01:12

Yes, that's affirmative.

01:13

Wires are down on the ground.

01:15

Probably like 100 , 150 ft of wire down on the ground, burning through the woods.

01:23

Received.

01:25

Dispatch, 387.

01:28

387.

01:30

387 and car one arriving.

01:34

387, car one, you're arriving 1731.

2026-11-12 22:21 UTC

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Coldwater Tavern Rd, East Nassau, NY 12062

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Wires down causing woods fire behind house

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