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Heard on: East Kentucky Amateur Radio SkyWarn · 1/14/2026 04:53 PM
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I just got flagged down by (number withheld).
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One of the telephone poles at one of the transformers is on fire in front of the old Alvin Raptor.
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Electrical fire near McDowell High School

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As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a possible electrical fire involving a telephone pole and transformer near Old McDowell High School in McDowell, Kentucky. The Left Beaver Fire Department was dispatched to the scene near Frazier’s Creek. Early reports suggested burning at the top of a power pole, possibly connected to a transformer.

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