Burned ballast damages power boxes and buildings, Forest City FL
Fire & ArsonAudio about a burned electrical ballast at a pharmacy that melted power boxes on nearby buildings. Multiple houses and businesses lost power. One person was shocked after hitting a power line while trimming trees. Responders asked the power company to expedite repairs; no active fire or heat was found.
Audio|Source: Seminole County Fire
03:21
Transcript:
(name withheld) to 1037. Go ahead. I believe we've isolated this to actually a bad light ballast in the back corner of the pharmacy. All right, copy that. 2034, you copy? That's affirmative teeth and all the belts are on the units here. We've taken the panels off to take a look, placing them back on. No heat signatures. All right, copy that, thank you. (name withheld). 6.7. Go ahead. We've isolated this to a burnout ballast. No hazard here. You can show up on there. (name withheld), copy. I said a burned out ballast. No hazard on the air. (name withheld) is going to top off the tank and then it'll be available here mostarily. We'll take off the tank. 12 driver officer. It looks like it affected the cable line, not the actual power box. (name withheld). Yeah, we have multiple houses here that are affected by this. We're checking. Just go ahead and just ask me one more engine and rescue. Copy multiple houses affected, request an additional engine and rescue. Send your 12 back to cinema. Also, can you have the power company expedite? I've got several boxes that are melted on the buildings here. So I've got to the power company expert for melted boxes to multiple buildings. (name withheld) and (name withheld) responding to you. (name withheld). Okay, when you guys hear, can you go around to Bonnie drive the opposite side of us and check the house on the back side there? The guy was trimming trees in the back, hit a power line, was shocked, but there's several businesses here that the power box as well melted on the side. Copy that. (name withheld) on the air. Ends fulfilled. (number withheld). 234 is off the roof with 3. There's no further hazards. It's been turned back over to the...
(name withheld) to 1037. Go ahead. I believe we've isolated this to actually a bad light ballast in the back corner of the pharmacy. All right, copy that. 2034, you copy? That's affirmative teeth and all the belts are on the units here. We've taken the panels off to take a look, placing them back on. No heat signatures. All right, copy that, thank you. (name withheld). 6.7. Go ahead. We've isolated this to a burnout ballast. No hazard here. You can show up on there. (name withheld), copy. I said a burned out ballast. No hazard on the air. (name withheld) is going to top off the tank and then it'll be available here mostarily. We'll take off the tank. 12 driver officer. It looks like it affected the cable line, not the actual power box. (name withheld). Yeah, we have multiple houses here that are affected by this. We're checking. Just go ahead and just ask me one more engine and rescue. Copy multiple houses affected, request an additional engine and rescue. Send your 12 back to cinema. Also, can you have the power company expedite? I've got several boxes that are melted on the buildings here. So I've got to the power company expert for melted boxes to multiple buildings. (name withheld) and (name withheld) responding to you. (name withheld). Okay, when you guys hear, can you go around to Bonnie drive the opposite side of us and check the house on the back side there? The guy was trimming trees in the back, hit a power line, was shocked, but there's several businesses here that the power box as well melted on the side. Copy that. (name withheld) on the air. Ends fulfilled. (number withheld). 234 is off the roof with 3. There's no further hazards. It's been turned back over to the...
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Location mentioned:
Bonnie Dr, Forest City, FL 32703
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