Downed power line causes fire and traffic disruption
Fire & ArsonFire units responded to a fire caused by a downed power line, which also shut down northbound traffic.
Audio|Source: Orange County Fire and EMS
02:11
Transcript:
Go ahead. Hey, we're getting hit with some calls right now, so I'm the only one out here. Is this going to be a random fire or is it looked like someone started this? No, it's a down power line. That's why we can't get the... Tim for it, thank you. Get me case with 8.4 is on the same. Battalion 4[3], copy on scene at 1440. 172 container 4. You got an update. We're at the top of this, like the slide, we're going through us a med first, so we'll go get her now. Copy, I'm walking about 72, you need any equipment. I didn't copy. I was walking by 72 and I didn't know if you needed any equipment. I think we're good right now. Yeah. A known problem. Medic 6. MC86[1] Southend I-40 Ex at 266 left. A known problem. Ops 1[2]. Time on 1442. I'm from Communications 30-Met Hospital Reminder. Medign non-extended at 1444. 0212 command. Where ya? He'd shut down northbound traffic. Northbound sign. Careful.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
MC86: Medic Unit 86
[2]
Ops 1: Operations Channel 1
[3]
Battalion 4: Incident Command
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Location mentioned:
Orange County, NC
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