Tree branch causes sparking wires and outage, Lexington MA
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, firefighters responded to sparking power lines caused by a tree branch near Highland Ave and Slocum Road in Lexington. Power was out in the area, and the electric company was notified, with an estimated response time of two hours.
Audio|Heard on: Lexington Fire and EMS Dispatch
Listen to dispatch call
02:14
Transcript:
00:00
Attention, ladder one.
00:02
Ladder one.
00:03
Highland Ave and Slocum Road with a tree branch on the wires causing the wires to spark.
00:10
Highland Ave at Spokane Road, ladder one.
00:16
One.
00:20
Ladder one,
00:21
We're on Highland at Spokane for the sparking wires.
00:27
On.
00:28
(number withheld).
00:34
Fire alarm F152.
00:39
I'm answering.
00:42
near Shire Way Hot Works, detail signing off.
00:48
What was that?
00:49
Fire alarm, ladder one.
00:53
Ladder one.
00:55
We're off in the area.
01:02
They're on generator over on this house.
01:07
Yeah, there's a couple running over this way as well.
01:14
Fire alarm, ladder one?
01:18
No one.
01:22
Go ahead and just notify Eversource.
01:24
A passerby that is no longer here said they saw sparking from pole VZ4.
01:30
There's no power on Highland and Slocum, it appears, since a couple houses running on generator.
01:37
No active sparking at this time.
01:41
Can you come in with that phone number and give me the house number that it's in front of?
01:49
You can use near Highland, and it's Verizon number four.
01:57
Bye bye.
02:03
Uh, for what other one?
02:05
Other one.
02:09
Power company has been notified a minimum of two-hour ETA.
02:14
Received.
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Location mentioned:
Highland Ave & Slocum Rd, Lexington, MA 02421
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