Power line fire ignites vegetation near Hickory Rd, Mishawaka IN
Fire & ArsonPower lines caught fire near the intersection of Hepler Street and Hickory Road in Mishawaka. The flames spread to nearby vegetation. Firefighters arrived, stopped traffic, and waited for the utility company to ensure the area was safe. No active fire was reported after crews arrived.
Audio|Source: South Bend Metro Fire
05:11
Transcript:
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You're responding to Hickory and Hepler.
00:02
Calls coming in that there's lines on fire, which is now caught a bush and tree on fire.
00:13
Engine 3, they're reporting that fires falling from the tree to the ground at this time.
00:25
Mishawka Medic 2. South Bend Engine 9.
00:29
near Mishawaka Avenue.
00:32
Assist Police Priority 5.
00:34
near Mishawaka Avenue. South Bend Fire Station 9, near Powers.
00:45
There's that, Southend Engine 3?
00:48
Southman Engine 3.
00:53
Yeah, do you have an AP coming to this? If not, could you make it happen, please?
00:57
Yeah, we're trying to get him on the phone right now.
01:01
Thank you much.
01:14
His best help in Medicines?
01:16
Good, Medicines.
01:20
We're clear in the hospital. You can disregard that Mishawaka medic unit and put us on that call with Engine 9, please.
01:28
Clear. Mushawak Medical 2, you can disregard, medic 9. I'll take the call.
01:34
Medic 2 is clear on the disregard.
01:41
Mishawka Medic 1, Southam Medicaid.
01:47
Go for Mishawka Medic 1.
01:54
near Mishawaka Avenue.
01:56
Assist Police, Priority 5.
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near Mishawaka Avenue.
02:01
South Bend, Fire Station 9,
02:03
12.02 hours.
02:09
South of MediCube, you have traffic for Michigan 1?
02:14
Yeah,
02:16
we're just clear from the hospital. What's your location? And we can probably take that one with you from Truck 6.
02:24
You guys are closer.
02:28
All right, thanks. Dispatch. We put us on that call with Truck 6, please.
02:34
This dispatch is clear, Michelle Comedic 1's district regarding Western Avenue.
02:42
Priority to Delta, near Western Avenue, 12.03 hours.
02:53
Self an engine three, sir, dispatch.
02:56
Yeah,
02:59
go ahead for engine three.
03:01
AEP's clear.
03:02
They did not give an ATA.
03:05
Clear, thank you.
03:14
Mishawaka Engine 3. Medic 3. Breathing problems.
03:18
Priority 2[1], Delta, Spring Lake Apartments, 12.05 hours.
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Refer to MDC for address.
03:30
Clay Medic 21, South Bend engine, one, engine two, engine four, engine seven, engine eight, fire one, zero two, fire one zero three, fire one sixteen, rescue one,
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truck three, truck seven, fourteen,
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near North Ironwood Drive, structure fire,
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commercial, near North Ironwood Drive, respond on fire ground. 12.05 hours.
04:06
Dispatched offender Fire 103.
04:09
103. All right, I see in the notes they called because they thought they had an electrical burning smell and now they have no smell, is that correct?
04:19
That is affirmative.
04:22
All right, we're going to send truck three and engine three to investigate this.
04:29
You can return all other units.
04:32
I'll leave it up to them whether they want to fire around or not.
04:36
Clearo, there are companies making ironwood you can disregard with the exception of truck three and engine three.
04:47
There's a shot on engine three.
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Engine crew.
04:56
Yeah, we're shutting down Hepler coming up to Hickory, and then Hickory also south of the intersection between the two for a while until AEP gets here and evaluates it. It doesn't look like anything exactly arcing, and there is no active fire at this time.
Police codes explained
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[1]
Priority 2: Urgent, non-life-threatening response requiring prompt attention; second-highest priority level.
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Location mentioned:
Hepler St & Hickory Rd, Mishawaka, IN 46545
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