Power line fire after line failure on Main and Herbert
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02:56
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00:00
I'm at the spot where the possible explosion was.
00:04
It was, uh, Main St and Herbert St.
00:09
They said they seen a big green flash and it was buzzing.
00:15
Is combat there?
00:18
Negative.
00:21
Is there?
00:27
Can the people point out the pole?
00:31
Yeah, I got a line on fire over here, Main St and Herbert St.
00:39
All right, let me PX the fire chief.
00:43
1201, address is (number withheld) Eastgate.
00:47
Did somebody hit the pole?
00:51
No, there's no one around it.
00:54
The pole's just buzzing and we have a line on the ground that's now stopped buzzing, but it was just on fire.
01:06
Comments that don't touch it, it probably knocked itself out.
01:11
Okay, and there's no comment on the scene, correct?
01:15
I've just got contractors down by me, but there's no comment supervisor here that they're aware of.
01:23
No, the line that's on the ground, there's nobody's in the area, no electrical contractors in the area.
01:35
Twelve thirty-three.
01:36
Is there any contractors there?
01:39
Twelve oh two, you on the air.
01:41
Good.
01:43
Okay, they're pulling the fuse to isolate that line that dropped, and they say when they re-energize them, that old line it's common for them to blow, just like it did.
01:53
So they're pulling the fuse now, so it'll be safe in a few.
01:59
33, I copy.
02:02
1201 FD's on scene.
02:05
1201, 1233, fire's clearing the scene.
02:09
I'll let them know what we got going on.
02:12
1204.
02:17
1201, 1202.
02:19
Go ahead, 1202.
02:22
Did they blow something up on Eastgate?
02:26
Yeah, they did. They went to energize the line and one line blew.
02:30
And they said when they re-energize them, if it's an older line, normally they blow.
02:35
And that's what it did.
02:36
I guess it gave a pretty good arc out there.
02:39
They're pulling the fuse.
02:40
It should be dead by.
02:41
Yeah,
02:44
I heard on the radio that Monee EMA was going to stay out here.
02:46
There's nothing left.
02:47
What are they going to do? Are they going to stay and try to fix it?
02:52
No, they just pulled the fuse to de-energize it and it sounds like they're going home.
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