Burning transformer near MLK Drive and Amulet Street, Natchitoches LA
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency units responded to a transformer fire near the intersection of Martin Luther King Drive and Amulet Street in Natchitoches. Smoke was visible from a utility pole, and crews coordinated with utility services and diverted traffic for safety.
Audio|Heard on: Natchitoches Parish, Sabine Parish, and Vernon Parish Public Safety
Listen to dispatch call
01:19
Transcript:
00:00
Can you be en route to the intersection of Amulet Street and Martin Luther King Drive? A concerned citizen called in a transformer on one of the utility poles in that area that popped and is burning.
00:17
Devil.
00:21
Unit 56 to 54.
00:22
I'm already on MLK.
00:23
I'll go ahead and check it out.
00:25
It is smoking at this time.
00:28
It seems like one of the transformers might have blown right underneath.
00:34
I'm going to be right off MLK and Amulet.
00:44
Headquarters, can you advise the utility service to come out as well?
00:50
Ten four. Just called them.
00:54
Thank you, ma'am.
01:00
Fifty-four is out with fifty-six and then a feeble.
01:12
Go ahead and shut down right there at North and Amulet, and I'll shut down here at MLK and Amulet.
01:18
And we'll divert traffic.
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Location mentioned:
Martin Luther King Jr Dr & Amulet St, Natchitoches, LA 71457
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