Tree blocks part of Highway 163 near Lyford, Parke County IN
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Road ClosureAs discussed during the dispatch call, lyford Fire Department and county units responded to a tree that had fallen across Highway 163 south of the viaduct, making contact with power and communication lines. One lane remained open as utilities were notified and crews worked to clear the debris.
Audio|Heard on: Parke and Vermillion County Public Safety
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03:29
Transcript:
00:00
Attention Lyford Fire Department, stand by for dispatch.
00:02
Lyford Fire.
00:13
Attention Lyford Fire Department.
00:14
Lyford Fire Department heard a report of a tree down on Highway 163 south of the viaduct.
00:19
Highway 163 south of the viaduct, tree down into power line.
00:24
Lyford Fire, tree into power line.
00:31
Okay, it's clear.
00:32
Alpha team.
00:36
(name withheld), do I notify our agency now?
00:44
Safe on 163.
00:49
Bad for you, is that completely new?
00:52
There was no fire line.
00:55
It was on 163 to meet cable lines.
01:01
Clear.
01:08
County squad ten, come around.
01:10
Warrant.
01:23
Rescue 10.
01:28
Parke County, so 115.
01:34
115?
01:39
That's Rescue 10.
01:41
I got a tree down across the highway.
01:45
It is in fact laying on.
01:54
One fifty-two rescue down.
01:56
Are you on 163 and 41?
02:00
Down three near the viaduct on 40.
02:15
County two thirty-two.
02:21
Two thirty-two.
02:26
Fleetback service.
02:30
Two thirty-two.
02:34
Fire, go ahead.
02:37
Twenty-four.
02:40
When you want to use one.
02:46
We are aware of this device.
02:48
It's a fiber optic cable, and I won't touch it.
02:52
I'm trying to get a hold of AT&T.
02:54
I'm not able to get through at this time.
02:55
Still working on it.
02:58
Glad you were called on.
02:59
Thank you for.
03:03
He's on the scene.
03:04
We got one lane open.
03:06
We'll get a claim to FAM pretty quick.
03:08
All our fans going to fire room four.
03:13
Go ahead.
03:16
And it's not far.
03:17
It is.
03:21
It's clear.
03:27
So county highways are aware of it as well.
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IN-163, Indiana
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